I just did a lot of digging, looks like my best bet is to use an Http Auth
extension and figure out how to just not have it check a password. There are
a couple extensions out there that claim to accomplish this but they seem to
fail. I don't have a whole lot of experiance in PHP or I'd code it myself. I
was hopeing someone had an idea on how to do it with existing code.
My idea is to make it so when a user logs in they need no password and if
they don't have an account one is created for them. Any other ideas ?
Thanks for your advice, it got me going on this !
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Thank You and Sincerely,
Jon
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Lane, Ryan <Ryan.Lane(a)ocean.navo.navy.mil>
wrote:
Another quick
question concerning authentication in
Mediawiki. It would
apear as though we are seeking a system where the user doesn't need a
password and doesn't have to register. I do have all of the
users on an LDAP
server which is at my disposal. I guess two questions stem from this :
1. Is there a way for mediawiki to just ask the user a
username and not a
password without using LDAP? I know that sounds wierd.... but
it's kinda the
end goal.
2. If I use LDAP is there a way to just tell it always to
accept the PW
without botherin to check if it's right?
3. My only other idea is to enable httpauth and figure out
how to leave the
auth open..
The wiki is on a private network FYI so security isn't really
an issue.
You could write an auth plugin that always returns true in the
authenticate function.
You may also be able to use this extension:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:NetworkAuth
I'm not totally sure it will fufill your purpose though.
V/r,
Ryan Lane
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