Backport of Fix handling of username_as_alias during LDAP authentication into release/1.10.x #15557
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Backport
This PR is auto-generated from #15525 to be assessed for backporting due to the inclusion of the label backport/1.10.x.
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There is a bug that was introduced in the LDAP authentication method by #11000.
It was thought to be backward compatible but has broken a number of users. Later
a new parameter
username_as_aliaswas introduced in #14324to make it possible for operators to restore the previous behavior.
The way it is currently working is not completely backward compatible thought
because when username_as_alias is set, a call to GetUserAliasAttributeValue() will
first be made, then this value is completely discarded in pathLogin() and replaced
by the username as expected.
This is an issue because it makes useless calls to the LDAP server and will break
backward compatibility if one of the constraints in GetUserAliasAttributeValue()
is not respected, even though the resulting value will be discarded anyway.
In order to maintain backward compatibility here we have to only call
GetUserAliasAttributeValue() if necessary.
Since this change of behavior was introduced in 1.9, this fix will need to be
backported to the 1.9, 1.10 and 1.11 branches.