It sounds like your matching setup in your LDAP settings is matching to "Paul Smith" for both users... try matching to email address.
HTH MIke. On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Giuseppe Sollazzo <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > I've noticed this behaviour that I'm not sure how to explain. > > I'm experimenting with our externally facing queue. There seems to be a > problem about people with same name creating tickets as external users. > > I've got this relevant bits of configuration: > > Set( @Plugins, qw(RT::Authen::ExternalAuth)); > Set($ExternalAuthPriority, [ > 'My_LDAP' > ] > ); > Set($ExternalInfoPriority, [ > 'My_LDAP' > ] > ); > Set($AutoCreateNonExternalUsers, 1); > > > Moreover, "Everyone" can create tickets on the queue. What happened: > 1 - I sent an e-mail from username@ldap from "Paul Smith" -> ticket and > users were created ok > 2 - I sent an e-mail from [email protected] from "Paul Smith" > -> failed as "Name in use". > 3 - If I send an e-mail from other name/surname, it works providing it's > not in ldap > > More precisely, > > [Thu May 12 14:31:27 2011] [debug]: Going to create user with address ' > [email protected]' > (/opt/rt4/sbin/../lib/RT/Interface/Email/Auth/MailFrom.pm:97) > [Thu May 12 14:31:27 2011] [debug]: > RT::Authen::ExternalAuth::CanonicalizeUserInfo called by > RT::Authen::ExternalAuth > /opt/rt4/local/plugins/RT-Authen-ExternalAuth/lib/RT/Authen/ExternalAuth.pm > 553 with: Comments: Autocreated on ticket submission, Disabled: 0, > EmailAddress: [email protected], Name: [email protected], > Password: , Privileged: 0, RealName: Paul Smith > (/opt/rt4/local/plugins/RT-Authen-ExternalAuth/lib/RT/Authen/ExternalAuth.pm:450) > [Thu May 12 14:31:27 2011] [debug]: Attempting to get user info using this > external service: My_LDAP > (/opt/rt4/local/plugins/RT-Authen-ExternalAuth/lib/RT/Authen/ExternalAuth.pm:458) > [Thu May 12 14:31:27 2011] [debug]: Attempting to use this canonicalization > key: Name > (/opt/rt4/local/plugins/RT-Authen-ExternalAuth/lib/RT/Authen/ExternalAuth.pm:472) > [Thu May 12 14:31:27 2011] [debug]: LDAP Search === Base: > ou=people,o=domain == Filter: (&(uid=*)([email protected])) > == Attrs: > l,cn,st,mail,gecos,co,postalAddress,postalCode,telephoneNumber,uid,o,uid > (/opt/rt4/local/plugins/RT-Authen-ExternalAuth/lib/RT/Authen/ExternalAuth/LDAP.pm:195) > [Thu May 12 14:31:27 2011] [debug]: Attempting to use this canonicalization > key: EmailAddress > (/opt/rt4/local/plugins/RT-Authen-ExternalAuth/lib/RT/Authen/ExternalAuth.pm:472) > [Thu May 12 14:31:27 2011] [debug]: LDAP Search === Base: > ou=people,o=domain == Filter: (&(uid=*)([email protected])) > == Attrs: > l,cn,st,mail,gecos,co,postalAddress,postalCode,telephoneNumber,uid,o,uid > (/opt/rt4/local/plugins/RT-Authen-ExternalAuth/lib/RT/Authen/ExternalAuth/LDAP.pm:195) > [Thu May 12 14:31:27 2011] [debug]: *Attempting to use this > canonicalization key: RealName > (/opt/rt4/local/plugins/RT-Authen-ExternalAuth/lib/RT/Authen/ExternalAuth.pm:472) > [Thu May 12 14:31:27 2011] [debug]: LDAP Search === Base: > ou=people,o=domain == Filter: (&(uid=*)(cn=Paul Smith))* == Attrs: > l,cn,st,mail,gecos,co,postalAddress,postalCode,telephoneNumber,uid,o,uid > (/opt/rt4/local/plugins/RT-Authen-ExternalAuth/lib/RT/Authen/ExternalAuth/LDAP.pm:195) > [Thu May 12 14:31:27 2011] [info]: > RT::Authen::ExternalAuth::CanonicalizeUserInfo returning Address1: , City: > London, Comments: Autocreated on ticket submission, Country: , Disabled: 0, > EmailAddress: [email protected], ExternalAuthId: username, > Gecos: Paul Smith, Computing, : > (/opt/rt4/local/plugins/RT-Authen-ExternalAuth/lib/RT/Authen/ExternalAuth.pm:536) > [Thu May 12 14:31:27 2011] [crit]: U*ser creation failed in mailgateway: > Name in use* (/opt/rt4/sbin/../lib/RT/Interface/Email.pm:244) > [Thu May 12 14:31:48 2011] [warning]: Couldn't load user ' > [email protected]'.giving up > (/opt/rt4/sbin/../lib/RT/Interface/Email.pm:996) > [Thu May 12 14:31:48 2011] [crit]: User '[email protected]' > could not be loaded in the mail gateway > (/opt/rt4/sbin/../lib/RT/Interface/Email.pm:244) > [Thu May 12 14:31:59 2011] [error]: RT could not load a valid user, and > RT's configuration does not allow > for the creation of a new user for this email ( > [email protected]). > > You might need to grant 'Everyone' the right 'CreateTicket' for the > > I guess the problem is that it does not allow auto creation when it finds a > user with the same name in the authentication authority... is there any > chance to disable CanonicalizeUserInfo - providing that is responsible? Or > maybe using AutoCreateFromExternalUserInfo (even though that would not be > the behaviour I'd like to activate). > > Any suggestion really appreciated! > > Best regards, > Giuseppe > > -- > ____________________________________ > > Giuseppe Sollazzo > Senior Systems Analyst > Computing Services > Information Services > St. George's, University Of London > Cranmer Terrace > London SW17 0RE > > Email: [email protected] > Direct Dial: +44 20 8725 5160 > Fax: +44 20 8725 3583 > > > -- Mike Johnson Datatel Programmer/Analyst Northern Ontario School of Medicine 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1 Phone: (807) 766-7331 Email: [email protected]
