Commit a7c8e5c4 authored by Drew Blessing's avatar Drew Blessing

Merge branch 'ldap_nested_group_note' into 'master'

Add a note about LDAP nested group resolution.

For LDAP sync, nested groups must fall within the configured
`group_base`. A customer recently ran in to this issue. It's
not immediately obvious but at least we can make a note in the
documentation.

See merge request !872
parents 6db676d8 556fb662
......@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ Other LDAP servers should work, too.
Active Directory also supports nested groups. Group sync will recursively
resolve membership if `active_directory: true` is set in the configuration file.
> **Note:** Nested group membership will only be resolved if the nested group
also falls within the configured `group_base`. For example, if GitLab sees a
nested group with DN `cn=nested_group,ou=special_groups,dc=example,dc=com` but
the configured `group_base` is `ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com`, `cn=nested_group`
will be ignored.
### Queries
- Each LDAP group is queried a maximum of one time with base `group_base` and
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