fix authentication docs and integrate them in index.rst
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External authentication with SemanticScuttle
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============================================
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@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ active directory server.
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Since version 0.96, SemanticScuttle supports user authentication against
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external systems. To provide a wide range of supported systems, we chose
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to utilize PEAR's Authentication package [1].
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It does this by providing different "authentication containers" [2],
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to utilize PEAR's `Authentication package`__.
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It does this by providing different "`authentication containers`__",
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for example Database, IMAP, LDAP, POP3, RADIUS, SAP and SOAP.
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Please be aware of the fact that, after successful authentication, the user
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@ -24,21 +25,23 @@ is offline - you won't, execpt you switch it off in the SemanticScuttle
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configuration.
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[1] http://pear.php.net/package/Auth
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[2] http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.authentication.auth.intro-storage.php
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__ http://pear.php.net/package/Auth
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__ http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.authentication.auth.intro-storage.php
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Basic configuration
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===================
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The default configuration file data/config.default.php has an own section
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The default configuration file ``data/config.default.php`` has an own section
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on auth options and an explanation of the single entries.
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To utilize the external authentication, you need to install the
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PEAR Auth package:
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PEAR Auth package: ::
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$ pear install auth
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If you do not have a PEAR installation available, you can try to manually
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install the files in the src/ directory. If you choose to do that, the
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src/ directory should look similar to that:
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src/ directory should look similar to that: ::
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src/
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Auth.php
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@ -51,22 +54,27 @@ src/ directory should look similar to that:
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header.php
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..
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After that, modify your data/config.php file. The most important change
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is to use
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After that, modify your ``data/config.php`` file. The most important change
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is to use ::
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$serviceoverrides['User'] = 'SemanticScuttle_Service_AuthUser';
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which tells SemanticScuttle to switch to the special authentication service.
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Now that's done, you can configure the single auth options:
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$authType = 'MDB2';
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``$authType = 'MDB2';``
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selects the authentication container.
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$authOptions
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``$authOptions``
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is an array of options specific to the authentication container. Please
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consult the PEAR Auth documentation for more information.
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$authDebug = true;
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``$authDebug = true;``
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should be used when setup fails, since it may give important hints
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where it fails. Please note that login will seem to fail with
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where it fails.
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Please note that login will seem to fail with
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debugging activated. Going back to the main page after that will
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show that you are logged in.
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General database authentification
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---------------------------------
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Here you also need the PEAR MDB2 package.
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The "new_link" option is important!
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Here you also need the PEAR `MDB2 package`_.
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The "``new_link``" option is important!
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``config.php`` settings: ::
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config.php settings:
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$serviceoverrides['User'] = 'SemanticScuttle_Service_AuthUser';
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$authType = 'MDB2';
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$authOptions = array(
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'passwordcol' => 'passwordFIXME',
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'cryptType' => 'md5',
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);
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-8<------------------
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Mantis Bugtracker
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-----------------
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Here you also need the PEAR MDB2 package.
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Here you also need the PEAR `MDB2 package`_.
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``config.php`` settings: ::
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config.php settings:
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$serviceoverrides['User'] = 'SemanticScuttle_Service_AuthUser';
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$authType = 'MDB2';
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$authOptions = array(
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'passwordcol' => 'password',
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'cryptType' => 'md5',
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);
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.. _MDB2 package: http://pear.php.net/package/MDB2
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MediaWiki
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password - for good reasons as described on
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http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual_talk:User_table#user_password_column
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If you configure your mediawiki to use passwords without salt, you
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If you configure your MediaWiki_ to use passwords without salt, you
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can make it work nevertheless:
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MediaWiki LocalSettings.php:
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MediaWiki ``LocalSettings.php``: ::
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$wgPasswordSalt = false;
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- after that, users need to change/update their passwords to get them
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\- after that, users need to change/update their passwords to get them
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unsalted in the database. You can verify if the passwords are unhashed
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if you do
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if you do ::
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SELECT CAST( user_password AS CHAR ) FROM user
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on your MediaWiki database. Passwords prefixed with ":A:" can be used.
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on your MediaWiki database. Passwords prefixed with "``:A:``" can be used.
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Another problem is that mediawiki user names begin with an uppercase letter.
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You need to modify www/login.php and remove the "utf8_strtolower" function
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call:
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You need to modify ``www/login.php`` and remove the "``utf8_strtolower``" function
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call: ::
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$posteduser = trim(utf8_strtolower(POST_USERNAME));
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becomes
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becomes ::
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$posteduser = trim(POST_USERNAME);
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config.php settings:
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-8<------------------
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``config.php`` settings: ::
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$serviceoverrides['User'] = 'SemanticScuttle_Service_AuthUser';
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$authType = 'MDB2';
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$authOptions = array(
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function md5_mediawiki($password) {
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return ':A:' . md5($password);
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}
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.. _MediaWiki: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
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Active Directory / LDAP
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-----------------------
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Here we authenticate against an active directory server.
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config.php settings:
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``config.php`` settings: ::
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$serviceoverrides['User'] = 'SemanticScuttle_Service_AuthUser';
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$authType = 'LDAP';
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$authOptions = array(
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'attributes' => array(''),
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);
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$authEmailSuffix = '@example.org';
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Features
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========
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- `Custom user authentication`__
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- `SSL Client certificates`__
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- Themes__
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__ authentication.html
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__ ssl-client-certificates.html
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__ themes.html
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