Commit 49f4b6ec authored by Evan Read's avatar Evan Read

Merge branch 'docs-user-update-ldap' into 'master'

Docs: Add expected behaviour for updating users managed by LDAP

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!84767
parents 7f6f18dc 538dd427
......@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ GitLab doesn't support TLS client authentication. Complete these steps on your L
The TLS client authentication setting in your LDAP server cannot be mandatory and clients cannot be
authenticated with the TLS protocol.
## Deleting users
## Users deleted from LDAP
Users deleted from the LDAP server:
......@@ -531,6 +531,16 @@ However, these users can continue to use Git with SSH until the next time the
To delete the account immediately, you can manually
[block the user](../../../user/admin_area/moderate_users.md#block-a-user).
## Updating user email addresses
Email addresses on the LDAP server are considered the source of truth for users when LDAP is used to sign in. Updating user email
addresses must be done on the LDAP server that manages the user. The email address for GitLab is updated either:
- When the user next signs in.
- When the next [user sync](ldap_synchronization.md#user-sync) is run.
The updated user's previous email address becomes the secondary email address to preserve that user's commit history.
## Google Secure LDAP
> Introduced in GitLab 11.9.
......
Markdown is supported
0%
or
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment