[Mediawiki-l] Web server authentication (was New 1.15.3 install)

[Lane, Ryan]

There are a bunch of these web server authentication plugins that all mostly
suck. Web server authentication would be fairly easy to add to core, with a
minimal amount of change. The auto-auth code does nearly everything required
of web server authentication, except the things that extensions *really*
shouldn't be doing, like adding users to the database, and checking
sessions.

Would anyone object if I add this support to core?   

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org 
> [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Tolliver
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 7:59 AM
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] New 1.15.3 install
> 
> Hello Platonides,
> 
> Performed the following:
> 
> - Created Auth_remoteuser.php from the code at 
> (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AutomaticREMOTE_USER#Code)
> - Ensured the permissions where correct on the new extension
> - Replaced Auth_remoteuser.php
> - Run php update.php --aconf ../AdminSettings.php
> 
> Received the error again:
> PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  REMOTE_USER in 
> /appl/web/devwiki/public_www/mediawiki-1.15.3/extensions/Auth_
> remoteuser.php 
> on line 195
> 
> Line 195 of Auth_remoteuser.php
> if ( strlen($_SERVER['REMOTE_USER']) )
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Platonides wrote:
> > Tolliver wrote:
> >   
> >> Hello Platonides,
> >>
> >> I ran update.php again, and I got and error that I hadn't 
> previously 
> >> noticed:
> >> PHP Notice:  Undefined index:  PHP_AUTH_USER in 
> >> 
> /appl/web/devwiki/public_www/mediawiki-1.15.3/extensions/Auth_
> remoteuser.php 
> >> on line 92
> >>
> >> This is line 92 of Auth_remoteuser.php:
> >> - line 92 =  if ( strlen($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']) ) {
> >>
> >> You suggested that I Update my AutomaticREMOTE_USER 
> extension, but I 
> >> didn't have that extension for 1.11.0.
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >>     
> >
> > Auth_remoteuser.php doesn't seem to be the last version.
> >
> >
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