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INTRODUCTION

The openvpn-auth-ldap plugin implements username/password authentication via
LDAP.

You may send patches, bug reports, and complaints to:
	[email protected]

REQUIREMENTS

* OpenLDAP Headers & Library
* GNU Objective-C Compiler
* OpenVPN Plugin Header (included with the OpenVPN sources)
* re2c (http://www.re2c.org)

BUILD

To build, you will need to configure the sources appropriately. Example:
	./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-openldap=/usr/local --with-openvpn=/usr/ports/security/openvpn/work/openvpn-2.0.2

The module will be build in src/openvpn-auth-ldap.so and installed as
${prefix}/lib/openvpn-auth-ldap.so.

USAGE

Add the following to your OpenVPN configuration file (adjusting
the plugin path as required):

	plugin /usr/local/lib/openvpn-auth-ldap.so "<config>"

The config directive must point to an auth-ldap configuration file.
An example is provided with the distribution.

CAVEATS

This plugin only works with the OpenLDAP libraries.