Hi Chris,
As Domas pointed out, there's a lot of ways to skin this cat.
I've put some thought into this in the past, and some of the work I've
done here may be of help to you:
http://auth.robla.net/wiki/Table_of_Access_Control_Models_in_Targeted_Web_A…
This may help you map the different auth systems onto each other,
assuming any of the apps that you want are on the list.
I'm assuming you want MediaWiki at the hub because you've got an
existing base of MediaWiki users, and you are looking to provide other
services (e.g. normal discussion board, blog, etc), without forcing them
to create another account, right?
One thing that really, really sucks about using MediaWiki as a hub: case
sensitive usernames that force an uppercase first letter. Other systems
aren't necessarily going to distinguish between "CEarle" and
"cearle",
so you may find yourself somehow building a extension/customization for
MediaWiki anyway just to get case-insensitivity.
Good luck!
Rob
On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 15:40 -0400, Chris Earle (CBL) wrote:
Hey all,
This is the reverse of one of the most popular questions on here--
I like the MW user table/authentication system -- and was wondering if it
would be possible to use it as with an external system? I want to build an
intranet AROUND mediawiki ... or something like that. I figure since I've
already got a large userbase created in MW, I should just use that and go
from there.
Most people on here ask if they can use an external auth system to log in to
MW -- I want the reverse :-)
Thoughts appreciated. Direct me to a MW meta page if there's something
useful floating around
--
Chris Earle