Hi Josh,

Can you provide any details on how you managed to get SAML working with 
GitLab. 

On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 7:47:21 AM UTC-5, jjw.n...@gmail.com 
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm in the process of altering a GitLab installation to use SAML rather 
> than LDAP for authentication. 
>
> At this point, users can successfully sign into the Web application using 
> the 'Sign in with Saml' button. I have a question, however, on what seems 
> to be a difference between the LDAP and SAML approaches: users with 
> accounts created via an LDAP sign-in can then access Git repositories (e.g. 
> clone, push, ...) using their LDAP usernames and passwords, but users with 
> accounts created via a SAML sign-in cannot. 
>
> Based on a bit of exploration, it looks like we might need to set a 
> separate GitLab account password after the SAML interaction which causes 
> the GitLab account to be created - we've deduced this from a message that 
> appears after creating a project under one of the new user accounts: 'You 
> won't be able to pull or push project code via HTTPS until you set a 
> password on your account'. 
>
> My question is whether setting and maintaining this separate password is 
> truly necessary, or if we have instead misconfigured the SAML integration. 
>
> I'm very hazy on precisely what's going on behind the scenes with respect 
> to account management and synchronization, so any pointers or 
> clarifications would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
>
>

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