vBulletin - Enable LDAP Authentication for AdminCP, ModCP

If you want to enable LDAP Authentication for AdminCP, ModCP, just do follow this:

1. First: you need configuration your vBulletin login via LDAP Authentication follow structure at here: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=231909&highlight=ldap+authenticate
1. Copy ldapAuth directory to your vb forum installation directory
2. Change the path to controller.php directory in ldap-plugin.xml
3. Copy the hooks_ldap.xml to FORUM_ROOT/includes/xml directory
4. In login.php search for:
• if ($vbulletin->GPC['vb_login_username'] == '')
• {
•    eval(standard_error(fetch_error('badlogin', $vbulletin->options['bburl'], ....
• } 
5. Add hook after if statement, becomes:
• if ($vbulletin->GPC['vb_login_username'] == '') 
• { 
•    eval(standard_error(fetch_error('badlogin', $vbulletin->options['bburl'], .... 
• } 
• ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('ldap_login_hook')) ? eval($hook) : false; 
6. Activate plugin system (if not done already) in admincp
7. In admin cp import the product at "Plugins & Products -> Download / Upload Plugins", use "Import Plugin Definitions XML File" at the bottom of the page, example import input './ldapAuth/ldap-plugin.xml'
8. Recheck if the include for controller.php is right
9. In includes/class_bootstrap.php search for:
• $show['nopasswordempty'] 
10. And change:
• defined('DISABLE_PASSWORD_CLEARING') ? 1 : 0; 
11. to:
• defined('DISABLE_PASSWORD_CLEARING') ? 0 : 1; 
12. Configure the ldap settings in: ldapconfig.inc.php
13. Test the product
2. Maybe you will got this error: http://shinphp.blogspot.com/2011/08/php-ldapbind-unable-to-bind-to-server.html
3. Go to file: "/forum-root/includes/adminfunctions.php"
4. Find: <form action="../login.php?do=login" method="post" name="loginform" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf); js_do_options(this)">
5. Replace: <form action="../login.php?do=login" method="post" name="loginform" onsubmit="md5hash(vb_login_password, vb_login_md5password, vb_login_md5password_utf, 1)">
6. Done!

Good luck!