Title: [Plugin: wpDirAuth] Settings menus, plugin data removal
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: wpDirAuth] Settings menus, plugin data removal

 *  [Dan Greene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgreene423/)
 * (@dgreene423)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wpdirauth-settings-menus-plugin-data-removal/)
 * I just ran across something in the new beta that I hadn’t noticed before. I have
   the plugin configured in the network and network activated.
 * However 1.7 is still exhibiting the same behavior as 1.6 where the Directory 
   Auth menu is listed under settings and you have to re-enter all the info. This
   is the first time I’ve tested on a completely new multi-user install.
 * My previous testing was as an upgrade to an existing network so I didn’t notice
   the settings I put in the network area weren’t really being passed on to the 
   sites.
 * On a related note how do I completely remove any traces of wpdirauth from the
   database? I’d like to start over clean plugin data wise and start testing again.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpdirauth/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpdirauth/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Paul Gilzow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilzow/)
 * (@gilzow)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wpdirauth-settings-menus-plugin-data-removal/#post-2710091)
 * There isnt a clean up script currently. If you have access to your MySQL database,
   run the following
 * `DELETE from wp_options WHERE option_name LIKE 'dirAuth%'`
    and `DELETE from 
   wp_usermeta WHERE meta_key = 'wpDirAuthFlag'`
 * And that will delete all of the changes wpdirauth has made to the database.
 *  Plugin Author [Paul Gilzow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilzow/)
 * (@gilzow)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wpdirauth-settings-menus-plugin-data-removal/#post-2710093)
 * For the first part of your post, I’m a little confused. There should be a section
   under settings for “Directory Auth” where you place all the settings the plugin
   needs. In a multisite/network set up, the Directory Auth settings will show up
   in the Network area, and also for the main/parent site, but not any of the child
   sites.
 * You mentioned that you have to re-enter all of the info. Is this in the Network
   area? The only section that _LOOKS_ like it has to be re-entered is the Bind 
   Password. The bind password has to be stored as plain text in the database since
   it has to be passed to LDAP before a search can be performed. But I didnt want
   to output the password back to the browser.
 *  Thread Starter [Dan Greene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgreene423/)
 * (@dgreene423)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wpdirauth-settings-menus-plugin-data-removal/#post-2710146)
 * I was trying to move user data from one multiuser install to another and ended
   up scrambling a lot of things trying to normalize data and settings between the
   two. And confusing myself in the process. I’ve started over with a completely
   new multiuser install and database to to test the plugin with. I’ll let you know
   how it goes.
 *  Thread Starter [Dan Greene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgreene423/)
 * (@dgreene423)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wpdirauth-settings-menus-plugin-data-removal/#post-2710152)
 * Ok here’s where I stand at the moment. I have a completely new WPMU install with
   the main site and one child site. I have the main WordPress admin user and one
   LDAP user. All the Directory Auth info is added and the plugin is network activated.
 * The LDAP user is an admin for both the main site and the child site. On the login
   screen for the main site I get “Login using your ….” and I enter my LDAP user
   and all is well.
 * If I go I the child site’s login screen I just get the standard WordPress “Please
   Login” and do not see the “Login using your ….” Directory Auth prompt. When I
   try to login with the LDAP user I get :
 * Directory Login Error: Sorry, but the site administrators have disabled directory
   access in this WordPress install.
 * Any ideas?

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 * Last reply from: [Dan Greene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgreene423/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wpdirauth-settings-menus-plugin-data-removal/#post-2710152)
 * Status: not resolved