LDAP: filter multiple UIDs

Question

I am trying to set up mediawiki for a team and would like to LDAP authenticate only a set of users. I am aware I could come up with a group LDAP authentication.

But is there a shortcut to filter only a set of uids to authenticate.

Answer 1

The LDAP search filter you could use is:

(|(uid=a)(uid=b)(uid=c)(uid=...))

But as noted in the comments, a group is much easier and more maintainable. However if you cannot use a group, consider using an attribute of the users, like description, resulting in this filter:

(description=mediawiki)