goharbor/harbor · error

failed to search user in ldap

Error message

failed to search user in ldap

What it means

Error "failed to search user in ldap" thrown in goharbor/harbor.

Source

Thrown at src/core/auth/ldap/ldap.go:252

	u.Comment = "from LDAP."   // Source is from LDAP

	return l.userMgr.Onboard(ctx, u)
}

// SearchUser -- Search user in ldap
func (l *Auth) SearchUser(ctx context.Context, username string) (*models.User, error) {
	var user models.User
	s, err := ldapCtl.Ctl.Session(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	if err = s.Open(); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load system ldap config, %v", err)
	}
	defer s.Close()
	lUsers, err := s.SearchUser(username)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to search user in ldap")
	}

	if len(lUsers) > 1 {
		log.Warningf("There are more than one user found, return the first user")
	}
	if len(lUsers) > 0 {
		user.Username = strings.TrimSpace(lUsers[0].Username)
		user.Realname = strings.TrimSpace(lUsers[0].Realname)
		user.Email = strings.TrimSpace(lUsers[0].Email)

		log.Debugf("Found ldap user %v", user)
	} else {
		return nil, errors.NotFoundError(nil).WithMessagef("no user found: %v", username)
	}

	return &user, nil
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/core/auth/ldap/ldap.go:252 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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