Re: [xwiki-users] LDAP Authentication

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Avinash Gupta <Avinash.Gupta(a)ccsu.nsw.gov.au> wrote: > Yes the name appears on top right corner, but doesn't appear in user > list. The name at the top right corner is retrieved from user profile in the wiki so you definitely have the user somewhere in the space XWiki. > >>>> "Thomas Mortagne" <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com> 27/06/2008 6:18 pm >>> > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Avinash Gupta > <Avinash.Gupta(a)ccsu.nsw.gov.au> wrote: >> Thanks for the reply Thomas, >> >> >> >> "If you use the correct LDAP authenticator >> (xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl) >> and even if you use the old one AFAIK there is no way to configure >> LDAP in order to not create the user in XWiki, otherwise XWiki would >> not be able to manager rights, groups etc." >> >> >> This means no matter what if my LDAP Authentication is working then >> XWiki should be storing users in its database. >> My log file is clean. This is the only thing that I have in my log file >> >> >> 2008-06-27 10:26:31,761 >> [http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome] [btpool0-7] INFO >> .AbstractXWikiMigrationManager - No storage migration required since >> current version is [7351] >> >> My users are authenticating without a problem. I mean I can confirm that >> its authenticating against LDAP but I can't find any users. >> xwiki-enterprise-web-1.4.1.war is the file that I downloaded. So I >> reckon the version is 1.4.1. >> >> When the users log in they only see a page which says >> "You are not allowed to view this document or perform this action." > > After login, do you see the user's name in the upper right corner of the > page ? > >> >> When I log in as superadmin then I can create Wiki pages. Am I missing >> something here? >> BTW where does XWiki stores user information, I searched all my database >> but wasn't able to find any table which may store user information. > > XWiki user are wiki pages in the "XWiki" space. If you login with > "toto", you can view the user profile at "/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/toto". > >> >> Thanks, >> Avinash >> >>>>> "Thomas Mortagne" <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com> 26/06/2008 6:58 pm >>> >> Hi, >> >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 6:28 AM, Avinash Gupta >> <Avinash.Gupta(a)ccsu.nsw.gov.au> wrote: >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I have installed XWiki in our environment using jetty and MS SQL >>> Server. >>> I have successfully configured authentication using LDAP but I don't >>> see any users when I click on Users and Groups under Administration. >>> >>> I guess this is because XWiki just uses LDAP to authenticate but >>> doesn't stores the users anywhere. >>> I checked on mailing lists and found that few discussions where people >>> have suggested to add following line in xwiki.cfg >>> >>> >>> xwiki.authentication.createuser=ldap >>> >>> and XWiki will start storing users in his database. >> >> Did you looked at >> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Authentication ? >> All possible options are listed here (and I confirm that >> xwiki.authentication.createuser=ldap does not mean anything or at >> least now). >> >> If you use the correct LDAP authenticator >> (xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl) >> and even if you use the old one AFAIK there is no way to configure >> LDAP in order to not create the user in XWiki, otherwise XWiki would >> not be able to manager rights, groups etc. What XE/Platform version do >> you use ? Do you have any error/warning in the log ? >> >>> But the above didn't work for me. I also found a snippet which might >>> import the users but don't know how to run it. >>> I am a .Net guy and I have very limited knowledge of java. >>> >>> I would like to create groups of LDAP user and give different >>> permissions to different groups. How can I achieve this? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Avinash >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list >>> users(a)xwiki.org >>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thomas Mortagne >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> users(a)xwiki.org >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> users(a)xwiki.org >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> > > > > -- > Thomas Mortagne > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Thomas Mortagne _______________________________________________ users mailing list users(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users