Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Add authclass property to the XWikiPreferences class

Since the xwiki.cfg allows the same for all the wikis, I was thinking for now to keep the same behaviour but with XWikiPreference so this would mean that the main wiki will be the only one taken into account. On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com > Note there there is a big different between XWikiPreferences page and > xwiki.cfg: each wiki has its own. > > So do you plan to refactor the auth system to let each wiki have a > different authenticator ? Or is the main wiki the only one that will > be taken into account ? > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Alexandru Cotiuga > <alexandru.cotiuga(a)xwiki.com> > Hi devs, > > > > I'm proposing to add this new property to the *XWikiPreferences* class > > since there are many authenticators, listed on > > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/Authentication and > most > > of them require the overriding of the *xwiki.authentication.authclass* > > property in the *WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg* file and the restart of the wiki. So > > the *authclass* is meant to keep the value of the > > *xwiki.authentication.authclass > > *property*.* > > > > Please keep in mind that *xwiki.cfg* was the historical file containing > the > > configuration options, we're moving away from it and this can be the > moment > > to improve this functionality by removing the *restart wiki* step which > is > > often a pain for the user. > > > > Thanks, > > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > devs(a)xwiki.org > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > -- > Thomas Mortagne > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > devs(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >