[Mediawiki-l] Use MySQL for User Login

[Ross Xu]

Greetings,
 
I have an existing MySQL database for my customer portal website which includes customers' account info (usernames, and passwords).
 
Now, I am configuring my MediaWiki on another machine in the same LAN for customers. How could I make use of the existing customer portal MySQL database for my MW user authentication?
 
It seems the extension "Auth viaMySQL" could do a similar job, but it's for the same website (same machine), requires special login/logout script files for the website, and does NOT tell where/how to connect the existing database.
 
What's the trick to use this extension for a MW on a different machine?  Or, is there another way to do user authentication over MySQL?
 
Thanks in advance,
Ross


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