15 Jan
2010
15 Jan
'10
4:48 p.m.
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 and attachment folders via shared drive
(using NetDrive) would be immensely attractive for end users because of the ability to use
enhanced editors to directly edit page content and the ability to upload/manage multiple
attachments.
Thanks,
Milind
M
15 Jan
15 Jan
6:37 p.m.
New subject: [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> wrote:
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 and attachment folders via shared drive
(using NetDrive) would be immensely attractive for end users because of the ability to use
enhanced editors to directly 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.
Thanks,
Milind
M
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7:13 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-users] Is there a plan to support LDAP authentication for WebDAV feature
The http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/WebDAV page says "Wiki's
WebDAV implementation only supports Basic Access Authentication and it doesn't support
locking and versioning DAV operations yet.".
I confirmed this by using NetDrive webdav client to authenticate with my xwiki
installation which uses LDAP and it failed to authenticate -- but I could connect as local
user "Admin".
So it definitely seems to need some enhancement to support LDAP.
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> wrote:
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 and attachment folders via shared drive
(using NetDrive) would be immensely attractive for end users because of the ability to use
enhanced editors to directly 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.
Thanks,
Milind
M
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7:22 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-users] Is there a plan to support LDAP authentication for WebDAV feature
Hi,
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Milind Kamble <mbkads(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
The
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/WebDAV page says
"Wiki's WebDAV implementation only supports Basic Access Authentication and
it doesn't support locking and versioning DAV operations yet.".
I confirmed this by using NetDrive webdav client to authenticate with my
xwiki installation which uses LDAP and it failed to authenticate -- but I
could connect as local user "Admin".
So it definitely seems to need some enhancement to support LDAP.
WebDAV specification has defined two authentication mechanisms in it.
- Basic Access Authentication
- Digest Authentication
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
and get back to you on this.
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> wrote:
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 and
attachment folders via shared drive (using NetDrive) would be immensely
attractive for end users because of the ability to use enhanced editors to
directly 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.
Thanks,
Milind
M
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7:36 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-users] Is there a plan to support LDAP authentication for WebDAV feature
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 19:22, Asiri Rathnayake
<asiri.rathnayake(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Milind Kamble <mbkads(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
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).
The
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/WebDAV page says
"Wiki's WebDAV implementation only supports Basic Access Authentication and
it doesn't support locking and versioning DAV operations yet.".
I confirmed this by using NetDrive webdav client to authenticate with my
xwiki installation which uses LDAP and it failed to authenticate -- but I
could connect as local user "Admin".
So it definitely seems to need some enhancement to support LDAP.
WebDAV specification has defined two authentication mechanisms in it.
- Basic Access Authentication
- Digest Authentication
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
and get back to you on this.
Thanks.
- Asiri
--
Thomas Mortagne
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> wrote:
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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 and
attachment folders via shared drive (using NetDrive) would be immensely
attractive for end users because of the ability to use enhanced editors to
directly 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.
Thanks,
Milind
M
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16 Jan
16 Jan
10:12 a.m.
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Hi,
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At the moment XWiki cannot support Digest
Authentication and I'm not sure
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
whether LDAP authentication can be done for
WebDAV. I will look around a
bit
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> wrote:
> > 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 and
> attachment folders via shared drive (using NetDrive) would be immensely
> attractive for end users because of the ability to use enhanced editors
to
directly
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.
_______________________________________________
users mailing list
users(a)xwiki.org
http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Thanks,
Milind
M
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2:21 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-users] Is there a plan to support LDAP authentication for WebDAV feature
You folks (I mean all the XWiki developers and contributors) rock! The possibility of easy
extendibility of WebDAV feature to support LDAP boosts my belief that XWiki is one of the
best Wikis out there.
I had begun to read about WebDAV and authentication and had started to realize that WebDAV
assumes an independent authentication mechanism -- though most documents were in context
of WebDAV over Apache. The clarification by Thomas supports this conclusion.
I'll look forward to updates on this request :)
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?
________________________________
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
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At the moment XWiki cannot support Digest
Authentication and I'm not sure
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
whether LDAP authentication can be done for
WebDAV. I will look around a
bit
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> wrote:
> > 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 and
> attachment folders via shared drive (using NetDrive) would be immensely
> attractive for end users because of the ability to use enhanced editors
to
directly
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.
_______________________________________________
users mailing list
users(a)xwiki.org
http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Thanks,
Milind
M
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6:37 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-users] Is there a plan to support LDAP authentication for WebDAV feature
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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directly
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.
>
> Thanks,
> Milind
> M
>
>
>
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6:49 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-users] Is there a plan to support LDAP authentication for WebDAV feature
Hi again,
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.
Seems my memory is wrong. May b i'm confusing myself with some other issue.
I searched the mail archive but couldn't find the email i mentioned. Sorry
for the noise. I'll verify this later.
- Asiri
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