LDAP "Configuration Active" should have more emphasis in Admin Manual

[infroger]

Hi,

I believe there should be more emphasis about the need to have "Configuration Active" checked in order to have LDAP working.

I spent one day troubleshooting a new installation (v 14) because all LDAP configuration was correct and still got "wrong password" when trying to authenticate an LDAP account.

The current information is buried in the LDAP section of Admin Manual. I believe there should be a warning right in the beginning of the section.

My suggestion is to replace

Configuration

First enable the LDAP user and group backend app on the Apps page in Nextcloud. Then go to your Admin page to configure it.

by

Configuration

First enable the LDAP user and group backend app on the Apps page in Nextcloud. Then go to your Admin page to configure it. Before testing, make sure that Advanced / Configuration Active is checked.

I've also created issue #12050 to Nextcloud Server requesting (1) fix the automatic checking of "Configuration Active" and (2) change the error message to "No Active LDAP configuration found".

Regards, Roger

[MorrisJobke]

@infroger Do you mind to hand this in as pull request? You could also directly edit the file here on GitHub and create one ;)

[joshtrichards]

Related follow-up on the server ticket:

https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/12050#issuecomment-433985379