I’ve finally had a chance to play with the new version of Elgg. The first order of business was to getting LDAP working for authentication and account creation. While the interface was quite a bit different, the setup was very similar to the previous version. As an added bonus the configuration is done through the web interface without needing to edit configuration files.

Things you need:

• Running Elgg Installation
• Running LDAP Server with user information
• LDAP Browser tool (I prefer JXplorer) highly recommended

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Maybe it is because I’m reading “Here Comes Everybody” by Clay Shirky, but I find the fact the president has to disconnect very disturbing. It just doesn’t make sense that a man, who won the presidency through the use of social technologies should give them up when he gets to the White House.

“Lose the BlackBerry? Yes He Can, Maybe” by NYT