Some more clues for new admins ...

diff --git a/auth/README b/auth/README
index a103a55f147786148b88a2a3393633fef07a4cdf..c054c1e99d4e1e8e901e1576816b5c1a4559b9f7 100644 (file)
--- a/auth/README
+++ b/auth/README
@@ -33,3 +33,11 @@ none  - no authentication at all .. very insecure!!
 
 
 ldap  - Uses an external LDAP server
+
+    - user logs in using username and password
+    - these are checked against an LDAP server
+    - if correct, user is logged in
+    - optionally, info is copied from the LDAP
+      database to the Moodle user database
+    
+    (see the ldap/README for more details on config etc...)