Import personal data from LDAP

[Laurent2916]

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
We use the LDAP/AD integration app as a login backend and t is frustrating that our users have to fill in personal informations in their profile when they are already in the attributes of our LDAP.

Describe the solution you'd like
A simple "Attributes mapping" menu in the LDAP/AD integration app where the administrator could link Nextcloud attributes and LDAP fields. For exemple, in our case, we'd like to link the phone number on Nextcloud and the LDAP attribute mobile. Likewise for their address, their nickname, their date of birth...

Describe alternatives you've considered
We could create a cron job to synchronize our LDAP attributes with the ones displayed on Nextcloud.
It sound doable by looking at the occ documentation for users (specifically under the Set a setting section).

Additional context
We use openLDAP, and Nextcloud 23.0.4.
This feature was already reported in 2017, but was closed in 2019 since the issuer deleted his account. (#4365)

[jonathanmmm]

The occ documentation for users seems to not include things like address and phone number, can't see phone number and address of user with occ user:setting username , same with occ user:info username
If this would be there, I would maybe try to write a script, that can be used via cron (maybe php script that runs with the nextcloud cronjob)

[march42]

I tried to implement this and I had some troubles with it, so I postponed it awhile ago.
I found how to add attribute mappings to configuration and settings page. I thought about updating the data via the processAttributes method of User class. Then I got stuck looking into the Settings App, how the Personal Info works and how to update it's data.

[march42]

You can find my working solution at branch feature/ldap_update_profile of my fork.
https://github.com/march42/nextcloud-server/tree/feature/ldap_update_profile
The updated documentation is in my docu fork at https://github.com/march42/nextcloud-documentation/tree/feature/ldap_update_profile

I would appreciate someone testing and giving feedback. Thanks in advance.

[jonathanmmm]

You can find my working solution at branch feature/ldap_update_profile of my fork. https://github.com/march42/nextcloud-server/tree/feature/ldap_update_profile The updated documentation is in my docu fork at https://github.com/march42/nextcloud-documentation/tree/feature/ldap_update_profile

I would appreciate someone testing and giving feedback. Thanks in advance.

Great, but I wouldn't be testing this in production. Maybe I will create a test environment, maybe in one or two months. Maybe you can create two drafts/PRs for this.

[jthoward64]

You can find my working solution at branch feature/ldap_update_profile of my fork. https://github.com/march42/nextcloud-server/tree/feature/ldap_update_profile The updated documentation is in my docu fork at https://github.com/march42/nextcloud-documentation/tree/feature/ldap_update_profile

I would appreciate someone testing and giving feedback. Thanks in advance.

Would you consider PRing your changes? Or is there an issue with them?

[march42]

Would you consider PRing your changes? Or is there an issue with them?

I created both pull requests.
My issue is/was mostly personal. It seemed nobody cared, so I didn't bother. Sorry about that.

[jthoward64]

Thanks! Hope NC accepts them