Re: [xwiki-dev] Shibbing XWiki

yep, me too! XWikiTest is what I'm looking for. Will let you know how I get on. Alistair -- Alistair Young Senior Software Engineer UHI@Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Isle of Skye Scotland > > I've always been very bad at writing them ... :) > > Erwan > > On 11/29/05, Alistair Young <alistair(a)smo.uhi.ac.uk> wrote: >> thanks Erwan - I haven't looked there - will do that now - looks like >> com.xpn.xwiki.test.UserTest might be useful >> >> Alistair >> >> On 29 Nov 2005, at 16:18, Erwan Arzur wrote: >> >> > Not sure my response isappropriate, but did you look at the unit tests >> > ? They should provide enough mock-up examples for you to duplicate ... >> > >> > I may be totally wrong, as always :) >> > >> > Erwan >> > >> > On 11/29/05, Alistair Young <alistair(a)smo.uhi.ac.uk> wrote: >> >> Hi there, >> >> >> >> I've been looking at "shibbing" XWiki - i.e. turning it into a >> >> Shibboleth compatible Service Provider. I've done that bit, using the >> >> Guanxi system: >> >> >> >> http://guanxi.uhi.ac.uk/xwiki >> >> >> >> The goal of "shibbing" xwiki is to allow users from certain named >> >> institutions to automatically login to xwiki and have an account >> >> created on the fly, based on their attributes. What this involves is >> >> two steps: >> >> >> >> 1) Protect an XWiki Shibboleth Login page with Guanxi - I've done >> >> that >> >> 2) Based on the SAML Assertion from their Identity Provider, >> >> authenticate them - I've done that too (almost!) >> >> 3) Create them an account on the fly once authentication succeeds. >> >> The information required to create an account (username etc.) would >> >> come from their Identity Provider in SAML Attribute Assertions. I've >> >> still to do this. >> >> >> >> What I'm wondering is there a way to create users on the fly without >> >> having an XWikiContext? What I'd like to do is create a new class >> >> that can create XWiki users directly. >> >> >> >> The goal of Guanxi + XWiki is an XWiki at, say UHI Millennium >> >> Institute that will allow users at the University of Leeds or Oxford >> >> who are software developers to login automatically, using their Leeds >> >> or Oxford username, with their accounts being created on the fly, so >> >> they don't need to register. >> >> >> >> I've done about 80% of the work, I just need a cleaner way of >> >> creating users without having to use the XWikiContext and request >> >> parameter maps etc. >> >> >> >> Hope you can help, >> >> >> >> thanks, >> >> >> >> Alistair >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You receive this message as a subscriber of the xwiki- >> >> dev(a)objectweb.org mailing list. >> >> To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-dev-unsubscribe@objectweb.org >> >> For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help >> >> ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http:// >> >> www.objectweb.org/wws >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You receive this message as a subscriber of the xwiki- >> > dev(a)objectweb.org mailing list. >> > To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-dev-unsubscribe@objectweb.org >> > For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help >> > ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/ >> > wws >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You receive this message as a subscriber of the xwiki-dev(a)objectweb.org >> mailing list. >> To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-dev-unsubscribe@objectweb.org >> For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help >> ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws >> >> >> > >