[Building Sakai] External User search in Sakai

Jaco Gillman jaco at opencollab.co.za
Thu Jul 5 21:11:12 PDT 2012


Hi Bryan
This "user" tool search does not even bring back any results for internal
users that we have added manually. Any ideas around what this might be? We
have installed Sakai 2.8.2.

Regards,

*Jaco Gillman***

Java Developer

opencollab

*Tel*: +27 21 970 4017  |  *Fax*:* *+27 21 914 3098**

*Email*: jaco at opencollab.co.za  |  *Skype*: gillmanjc

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On 5 July 2012 18:30, Bryan Holladay <holladay at longsight.com> wrote:

> The membership tool uses this search and will return the information
> for you.  The "users" tool is for internal users only.
>
> -Bryan
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Jaco Gillman <jaco at opencollab.co.za>
> wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply Bryan.
> >
> > I saw an example of what you mention below online, but is it at all
> possible
> > for Sakai to do external searches "out-of-the-box"? I would like to log
> in
> > with a Admin user, and do a search on external users using the Users tool
> > performing a normal user search functionality.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jaco Gillman
> >
> > Java Developer
> >
> > opencollab
> >
> > Tel: +27 21 970 4017  |  Fax: +27 21 914 3098
> >
> > Email: jaco at opencollab.co.za  |  Skype: gillmanjc
> >
> > Web: www.opencollab.co.za
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5 July 2012 18:06, Bryan Holladay <holladay at longsight.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Theres a separate function for external (ldap) users:
> >>
> >> userDirectoryService.searchExternalUsers(search, -1, -1)
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Jaco Gillman <jaco at opencollab.co.za>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi All
> >> >
> >> > I am having difficulty doing users searches in Sakai. We have an LDAP
> >> > integration implementation.
> >> >
> >> > Are there any sakai.properties settings that I need to be aware of to
> >> > accomplish external user searches in Sakai?
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> >
> >> > Jaco Gillman
> >> >
> >> > Java Developer
> >> >
> >> > opencollab
> >> >
> >> > Tel: +27 21 970 4017  |  Fax: +27 21 914 3098
> >> >
> >> > Email: jaco at opencollab.co.za  |  Skype: gillmanjc
> >> >
> >> > Web: www.opencollab.co.za
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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