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User authentication from an existing database
by groups＠timkoop.com 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Hi everyone. I'm looking to use XWiki for our corporate intranet. I would like to authenticate users from our existing database, like it says on this page: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Pluggable+Authentication It says "Users can be authenticated against custom tables." Can somebody tell me how to do this? Or do I need to write some custom code? Thanks. Sorry if the answer is documented somewhere; I haven't been able to find it. -- Tim K

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Problems with registering new user
by Karen Blakeman 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

I know this has already been covered in earlier discussion but I can't seem to get round the "An error occured during the registration process (-1)." for new users. I have read through the postings and the documentation but have had no joy. Is it because we are on the wiki farm? We are at http://ukeig.xwiki.com/ Karen -- Karen Blakeman, UKeiG Management Committee 88 Star Road, Caversham, Berks RG4 5BE, UK Tel: 0118 947 2256 Int. +44 118 947 2256 Mobile: 07764 936733 Int. +44 7764 936733 Fax: 020 8020 0253 Int. +44 20 8020 0253 Mailto:Karen.Blakeman@rba.co.uk http://www.rba.co.uk/

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Why does the postgresql initial data not match the install instructions
by David Goodenough 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

If you install xwiki with the supplied postgresql data the user list that is installed is different from that assumed by the install instructions. It would be really useful if this could be fixed. In particular the list of users is:- XWiki.FabriceMorisseau XWiki.LudovicDubost XWiki.MyTestUser XWiki.MyTestUser3 XWiki.MyTestUser4 XWiki.MyTestUser5 XWiki.MyTestUser6 XWiki.TestUser The install instructions assume that there is a user called Admin with a password of admin, but this logon does not work. Would it be possible to post a new version of the postgresql data on the website so that users of this DB can follow the supplied instructions? David

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Deleted document history
by THOMAS, BRIAN M (SBCSI) 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Am I correct to believe that when an XWiki document is deleted, its history and all memory of its existence goes with it? That would represent a hole in the auditability/recoverability features; while it can be limited to appropriate people via the rights system, it still leaves mysteries requiring access to server logs, at minimum, to resolve. brain[sic]

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Fwd: Re: [xwiki-users] XWiki Athentication Integration
by divil＠gmx.at 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

hello! i think i located the problem of my software. but this leads me into - i think - fundamental questions on handling xwiki from outside. so far i can initialise a wiki with this.context = new XWikiContext(); this.context.setDatabase(dbase); this.xwiki = new XWiki(config, this.context); from inside the educational platform and am able to create users, groups, documents etc. even logging in of users works - at last no error occurs. but i'm not able to open a generated document - which would be the goal. is the way i'm trying to control xwiki from outside right or is there a better way to do that? if its right any help on opening documents would be great! tia, florian -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:58:50 +0200 Von: divil(a)gmx.at An: xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org Betreff: Re: [xwiki-users] XWiki Athentication Integration hello! thanks, the information was very useful and helped me a lot! the authentification via the authenticate method is working - i get back a principal with the name and an exception when i test it with a wrong password. the problem is that the user still isn't logged in. it seems to me that no cookie is created where username and password is stored - thats why when i klick on the link to open the xwikidocument i'm logged in as xwikiguest. florian -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:36:20 +0200 Von: David Delbecq <delbd(a)oma.be> An: xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org Betreff: Re: [xwiki-users] XWiki Athentication Integration > Hello, > > Just as information, > > here we needed to authenticate users on the basis of a system account. > There were specific way to retrieve account informations and specific > way to check password (it's encrypted). > > All we did is cut and paste the existing XWikiAuthService > implementation, and rewrite the > public Principal authenticate(String username, String pwd, XWikiContext > context) > It was as easy as pickup encrypted passwrod from system, crypt the > provided user password, compare and return a new SimplePrincipal with > the username. > > divil(a)gmx.at a écrit : > > 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 > call checkAuth() with the modified context the wiki-page is not accessible. > but when I set the username directly in the checkAuth() - method e.g. return > new XWikiUser("test") - the wiki-page is accessible. > > > > Could you possibly provide me with a sample implementation of this > method? > > > > 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 > if > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> we get the username from the request and combine it with a given > >>>> password? > >>>> > >>>>> the authenticate method which takes username, password and context > as > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> parameter doesn't seem to do what i expect. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> florian > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> You'll find some info here > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> > http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Authentication+and+Rights+Ma… > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> 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 > thing > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> 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 > thing > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> 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 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> You receive this message as a subscriber of the > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org mailing list. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-users-unsubscribe@objectweb.org > >>>>>>> For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help > >>>>>>> ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>> http://www.objectweb.org/wws > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Ludovic Dubost > >>>>>> XPertNet: http://www.xpertnet.fr/ > >>>>>> Blog: http://www.ludovic.org/blog/ > >>>>>> XWiki: http://www.xwiki.com > >>>>>> Skype: ldubost AIM: nvludo Yahoo: ludovic > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> You receive this message as a subscriber of the > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org mailing list. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-users-unsubscribe@objectweb.org > >>>>> For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help > >>>>> ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: > http://www.objectweb.org/wws > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Ludovic Dubost > >>>> XPertNet: http://www.xpertnet.fr/ > >>>> Blog: http://www.ludovic.org/blog/ > >>>> XWiki: http://www.xwiki.com > >>>> Skype: ldubost AIM: nvludo Yahoo: ludovic > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> You receive this message as a subscriber of the > >>> xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org mailing list. > >>> To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-users-unsubscribe@objectweb.org > >>> For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help > >>> ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: > http://www.objectweb.org/wws > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You receive this message as a subscriber of the > xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org mailing list. > >> To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-users-unsubscribe@objectweb.org > >> For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help > >> ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws > >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > -- > > You receive this message as a subscriber of the > xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org mailing list. > > To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-users-unsubscribe@objectweb.org > > For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help > > ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws > > > > -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! 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à propos WYSIWYG
by THOMAS, BRIAN M (SBCSI) 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

Anyone got pointers to help with installing either tinyMCE or the new XWiki implementation on a 0.9.840 XWiki instance? I don't seem to have got the trick of doing it right. brain[sic]

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Email from server
by Esbach, Brandon 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

Hi folks, Currently trying to setup email sending for our xwiki server, and following the outline provided at (http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Demo/SendMail3) but does not seem to be functioning correctly for me. On my end, the xwiki server just goes into an endless loop (like as though it's trying to access a large chunk of data). Has anyone set this up on their own local wiki server, and if so are there any guideline configurations?

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[xwiki-users] XWiki Script Coexistence
by Robin Fernandes 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

As XWiki becomes more popular, hopefully a wide variety of scripts will become available and easy to install thanks to the new packaging system. I'm wondering if we need to do anything to ensure scripts coexist peacefully. For example, I'm considering installing the Tagging script, but I'm concerned that its use of window.onload and maybe functions it defines will clash with other javascript code on the site. Also, should there be a specific Javascript library that we expect XWiki scripts to use, so that a page doesn't have to load up several toolkits just so that different scripts can call their Ajax functions? Furthermore, AFAIK it's not possible to define namespaces in Velocity. I assume it's possible several scripts will try to use the same variable names within the same page, resulting in confusion. Not sure what workarounds there are for this. Any thoughts? Am I just being paranoid? How do systems like Google ig allow many custom widgets on the same page without clashes? Regards, Robin.

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Re: [xwiki-users] XWiki Athentication Integration
by divil＠gmx.at 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

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 call checkAuth() with the modified context the wiki-page is not accessible. but when I set the username directly in the checkAuth() - method e.g. return new XWikiUser("test") - the wiki-page is accessible. Could you possibly provide me with a sample implementation of this method? 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 if >>>> >>> we get the username from the request and combine it with a given >>> password? >>>> the authenticate method which takes username, password and context as >>>> >>> parameter doesn't seem to do what i expect. >>> >>>> florian >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> You'll find some info here >>>>> >>>>> >>> http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Authentication+and+Rights+Ma… >>> >>> >>>>> 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 thing >>>>> >>> 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 thing >>>>> >>> 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 >>>>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You receive this message as a subscriber of the >>>>>> >>>>> xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org mailing list. >>>>> >>>>>> To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-users-unsubscribe@objectweb.org >>>>>> For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help >>>>>> ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: >>>>>> >>> http://www.objectweb.org/wws >>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Ludovic Dubost >>>>> XPertNet: http://www.xpertnet.fr/ >>>>> Blog: http://www.ludovic.org/blog/ >>>>> XWiki: http://www.xwiki.com >>>>> Skype: ldubost AIM: nvludo Yahoo: ludovic >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You receive this message as a subscriber of the >>>> >>> xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org mailing list. >>> >>>> To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-users-unsubscribe@objectweb.org >>>> For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help >>>> ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws >>>> >>> -- >>> Ludovic Dubost >>> XPertNet: http://www.xpertnet.fr/ >>> Blog: http://www.ludovic.org/blog/ >>> XWiki: http://www.xwiki.com >>> Skype: ldubost AIM: nvludo Yahoo: ludovic >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> -- >> You receive this message as a subscriber of the >> xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org mailing list. >> To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-users-unsubscribe@objectweb.org >> For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help >> ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > You receive this message as a subscriber of the xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org mailing list. > To unsubscribe: mailto:xwiki-users-unsubscribe@objectweb.org > For general help: mailto:sympa@objectweb.org?subject=help > ObjectWeb mailing lists service home page: http://www.objectweb.org/wws -- GMX DSL-Flatrate 0,- Euro* - Überall, wo DSL verfügbar ist! 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More on editing
by THOMAS, BRIAN M (SBCSI) 24 Oct '06

24 Oct '06

Another feature for editing which is sorely missed even by users of non-WYSIWYG editors is the ability to search the text of a textarea. When an XWiki document gets long, it's really painful when testing out subtle changes or scripting which requires me to keep previewing while editing, and going back to the edit screen which has now reset the field to the top. At the least, the ability to put line numbering in would be useful. I'm planning to put up a bookmarklet to do that, except that it may interfere with any onchange-triggerred scripting. brain[sic]

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