Re: [xwiki-users] XWiki Athentication Integration

hi, I'm still working on the user login from the educational plattform. to be precise I'm stuck with reimplementing checkAuth(). when I fill in the username into the context with setUser() and then

Could you possibly provide me with a sample implementation of this

Florian Ludovic Dubost wrote: > Hi, > > I would still need more information about how you get the username and > in which context. > request.getParameter() is in the context of the request. Does this mean > that in the environment you are in, everything request contains a > parameter with the username ? > If so then you need to modify checkAuth() and fill in the context with > the username from your request. You don't even need to implement > authenticate since it will be never called if you reimplement checkAuth > > Ludovic > > divil(a)gmx.at a écrit : > >> hi, >> The username is being provided by the education - portal we are >> integrating xwiki into (request.getParam(..). The password is a fixed >> string. The users are set up with these credentials automatically, >> when they are being added to an xwiki group. Thats all working - we >> just haven't been able to figure out ow to log users in then, with >> these same username/password combinations. >> >> florian >> >> >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm not sure I understand how you get the username and password from >>> your users.. >>> >>> Ludovic >>> >>> divil(a)gmx.at a écrit : >>> >>> >>>> hi, >>>> >>>> >>>> thank you for the answer, but how *could* those two lines look like

>>>> >>>> >>> we get the username from the request and combine it with a given >>> password? >>> >>>> the authenticate method which takes username, password and context

>>>> >>>> >>> parameter doesn't seem to do what i expect. >>> >>> >>>> florian >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> You'll find some info here >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>

>>> >>> >>> >>>>> The authentication service probably needs to be written to handle >>>>> the specificities of your system. >>>>> If you already have information in your request or somewhere you >>>>> might just need to write one or two lines in your authentication >>>>> service. >>>>> >>>>> Ludovic >>>>> >>>>> divil(a)gmx.at a écrit : >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> We're currently working on integrating xwiki in an educational >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> plattform. That means, we need to provide an xwiki-page for each >>>>> >>>>> >>> course. We have >>> >>> >>>>> retty much all methods laid out and most of it working, the only

>>>>> >>>>> >>> we are >>> >>> >>>>> still not sure about handling is the automatic login, before a user >>>>> >>>>> >>> gets to >>> >>> >>>>> see a specific xwiki-page. Adding users, groups and setting the >>>>> permissions (in the xwiki) is all dealt with already - the only

>>>>> >>>>> >>> that is missing >>> >>> >>>>> is the automatic login. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Is this possible with the existing methods or do we have to write >>>>>> our >>>>>> >>>>> own authentication-service? If so, is there sample code or anything >>>>> you >>>>> could point us to how to proceed? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> An option we were contemplating was, posting the login data to the >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> actual xwiki login form in the background (similar to what the >>>>> >>>>> >>> curl-library >>> >>> >>>>> provides in php), but this might just be unnecessary, if there is a >>>>> >>>>> >>> certain >>> >>> >>>>> existing method we can utilize for that. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks a lot for your help in advance! >>>>>> Florian >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>

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