[Mediawiki-l] Identification without Authentication

[Lane, Ryan]

Although I agree with pretty much everyone else here in thinking this is
a terrible idea... Someone else obviously had this terrible idea as
well. I think this site has exactly what you are looking for:

http://adarshbhat.blogspot.com/2006/01/ldap-authentication-for-mediawiki
.html

You must *really* trust your users (or anyone who can figure out
usernames).

Using Kerberos, NTLM, SSL, Shibboleth, or some other type of
auto-authentication is a MUCH better idea if you can possibly use it. 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of 
> Guilhem Bonnefille
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 2:18 PM
> To: mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Identification without Authentication
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm evaluating the use of MediaWiki in a corporate server.
> In such environment, my need for the "login" stage is only to 
> identify people. I do not need them to authenticate (no need 
> to password). The need is to know who made what, in a 
> "confident" world.
> 
> Is it possible to configure MediaWiki to only require a login (without
> password) and only check that this login exists in a LDAP database?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any tips.
> --
> Guilhem BONNEFILLE
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