16 Jan
2010
16 Jan
'10
6:37 p.m.
Hi Milind,
Asiri's mention of Basic and Digest authentication raises another question
in my mind. On reading the "Digest Authentication
& XWiki" thread it seems
that Digest authentication is probably out of question. Is there any
documentation specifically for XWiki about how to setup https based login to
send the user's password?
I'm not aware of such a documentation but I believe usual apache ssl
configuration (along with modjk for connecting tomcat) would work fine here.
However, If you have apache in front of tomcat (which is hosting XWiki) this
might pose a problem for XWiki WebDAV implementation. I remember once that a
user complained he was unable to configure XWiki WebDAV with apache sitting
in front of tomcat. I'm not sure of this issue but it got buried because
nobody had the time to look at WebDAV module at that time.
It would be great if you can check whether this claim is true :) May be it's
time we address this problem (if it is indeed addressable).
I plan to look into LDAP authentication issue next few days. Hope I'll be
able to fix it before I go on vacation ;)
Your interest and enthusiasm for XWiki will keep us going forward :)
- Asiri
________________________________
From: Asiri Rathnayake <asiri.rathnayake(a)gmail.com>
To: XWiki Users <users(a)xwiki.org>
Sent: Sat, January 16, 2010 3:12:48 AM
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Is there a plan to support LDAP authentication
for WebDAV feature
Hi,
wrote:
and
At the moment XWiki cannot support Digest
Authentication and I'm not sure
> whether LDAP authentication can be done for WebDAV. I will look around
a
bit
Ok, I see.
In that case it should be possible to provide LDAP support without much
effort. I will have a look at how credential validation is currently done
in
webdav module as make necessary changes.
Thanks.
- Asiri
and get back to you on this.
Basic or Diggest authentication are authentication entry point (which
receive credentials), WebDav still have to use XWikiRightService to
validate the credentials (authentication back-end where LDAP
authenticator and others are).
Thanks.
- Asiri
>
> Regards,
> Milind
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com>
> To: XWiki Users <users(a)xwiki.org>
> Sent: Fri, January 15, 2010 11:37:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Is there a plan to support LDAP
authentication
>> for WebDAV feature
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 16:48, Milind Kamble <mbkads(a)yahoo.com> > >
Hi. I searched this mailing list and xwiki docs for this information
but
>> didn't find anything.
>> > Is there any plan to extend the authentication mechanism in WebDAV
>> component to support LDAP? I felt that having access to page content >> attachment folders via shared drive
(using NetDrive) would be
immensely
>> attractive for end users because of the
ability to use enhanced
editors
to
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edit page content and the ability to upload/manage multiple
attachments.
Well authentication mechanism is generic for the whole XWiki platform.
If WebDAV support any authentication then it supports LDAP, i doubt an
authentication system has been coded specifically for WebDAV module.
It would be weird that WebDAV does not use it but i don't know WebDAV
module very well.
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