Login screen: only LDAP?

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Ralf_Stockmann is seeking a solution to simplify the login screen for their Discourse-based intranet, which only uses LDAP authentication. The current setup has a main login form that doesn’t work with LDAP and a small LDAP button that is often overlooked.

Falco suggests disabling local logins in the settings, which Ralf_Stockmann confirms works in combination with the “auth immediately” setting. This achieves the desired result of automatically redirecting users to the external LDAP login system.

Ralf_Stockmann also asks about theming the LDAP login page, which Falco responds is a third-party plugin and suggests checking with the maintainer for customization options.

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We use Dicourse as our intranet. Therefore, all users are authentificated via LDAP, and LDAP only.
So this login-screen is rather confusing:

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The main login-form does not send the credentials to the LDAP, and the small button on the right is overlooked often.

Which brings me to my questions:

  1. Is there a way to use this main login forms for LDAP, too (and get rid of the LDAP button)?
  2. Is there a way to get rid of the main login forms and only show the LDAP button?
  1. would be better for obvious reasons, but 2) would be better than the status quo.

Thx for any help!

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Go to the settings and disable local logins.

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Yep, that did the trick!
In combination with

auth immediately - Automatically redirect to the external login system without user interaction. This only takes effect when login_required is true, and there is only one external authentication method

this is what I was looking for.
Additional question: can I theme the LDAP login page, it’s not quite on par with the rest of the design…

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That is a third party plugin, so it’s not official or maintained by our team. Maybe check with the maintainer?