# LDAP for authentication only?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ldap-for-authentication-only/27764>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Created:** [June 11, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ldap-for-authentication-only/27764 "2018-06-11T09:39:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Bengt\_Giger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@Bengt\_Giger](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bengt_Giger)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ldap-for-authentication-only/27764/1 "2018-06-11T09:39:09Z")

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Hi

is it possible to use LDAP for authentication only? We cannot use authorization information from LDAP for different reasons.

I’d like to have accounts created when users log in for the first time, and then have org administrators assign roles as needed.

B.

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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Meyers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Christopher\_Meyers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christopher_Meyers)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ldap-for-authentication-only/27764/2 "2018-06-11T10:25:27Z")

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Yes.