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1 1 User Authentication
2
3 XWiki supports several different authentication mechanisms for authenticating users:
4 #toc("" "" "")
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6 The form authentication is the default mechanism.
7
8 #info("Note that currently XWiki allows only one method of authentication to be enabled at a time which. This will probably be improved in the future.")
9
10 1.1 Form Authentication
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12 TODO
13
14 1.1 LDAP Authentication
15 #warning("New experimental service since XWiki Platform 1.3M2, see [previous LDAP authentication service documentation>AuthenticationLdapOld]")
16
17 1.1.1 Generic LDAP configuration
18
19 In order to enable the LDAP support you have to change the authentication method in ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~ as follows:
20 {code}
21 ## Turn LDAP authentication on - otherwise only XWiki authentication
22 ## 0 : disable
23 ## 1 : enable
24 xwiki.authentication.ldap=1
25
26 ## set LDAP as authentication service
27 xwiki.authentication.ldap.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.ldap.authentication.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl
28 {code}
29
30 You can setup the LDAP configuration in the ~~xwiki.cfg~~ file by filling the following properties:
31
32 {code:none}
33 ## LDAP Server (Active Directory, eDirectory, OpenLDAP, etc.)
34 xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=156.58.101.204
35 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389
36
37 ## LDAP login, empty = anonymous access, otherwise specify full dn
38 ## {0} is replaced with the username, {1} with the password
39 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=cn={0},department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP
40 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1}
41
42 ## only members of the following group will be verified in the LDAP
43 ## otherwise only users that are found after searching starting from the base_DN
44 xwiki.authentication.ldap.user_group=cn=developers,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US
45
46 ## base DN for searches
47 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=
48 department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP
49
50 ## specifies the LDAP attribute containing the identifier to be used as the XWiki name (default=cn)
51 xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=cn
52
53 ## retrieve the following fields from LDAP and store them in the XWiki user object (xwiki-attribute=ldap-attribute)
54 xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=fullName,email=mail,ldap_dn=dn
55
56 # on every login update the mapped attributes from LDAP to XWiki otherwise this happens only once when the XWiki account is created.
57 xwiki.authentication.ldap.update_user=1
58
59 ## maps XWiki groups to LDAP groups, separator is "|"
60 xwiki.authentication.ldap.group_mapping=XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup=cn=AdminRole,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US|\
61 XWiki.Organisation=cn=testers,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US
62
63 ## time in seconds after which the list of members in a group is refreshed from LDAP (default=3600*6)
64 xwiki.authentication.ldap.groupcache_expiration=21800
65
66 ## - create : synchronize group membership only when the user is first created
67 ## - always: synchronize on every login
68 xwiki.authentication.ldap.mode_group_sync=always
69
70 ## if ldap authentication fails for any reason, try XWiki DB authentication with the same credentials
71 xwiki.authentication.ldap.trylocal=1
72
73 ## SSL connection to LDAP server
74 ## 0 : normal
75 ## 1 : SSL
76 xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl=1
77
78 ## The keystore file to use in SSL connection
79 xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl.keystore=
80 {code}
81
82 #*
83 #info("You can also setup the LDAP configuration in XWiki.XWikiPreferences page by going to the class editor and adding the following fields:
84 * ldap
85 * ldap_server
86 * ldap_port
87 * ldap_check_level
88 * ldap_base_DN
89 * ldap_bind_DN
90 * ldap_bind_pass
91 * ldap_UID_attr
92 * ldap_fields_mapping
93 * ldap_update_user
94 * ldap_group_mapping
95 * ldap_groupcache_expiration
96 * ldap_mode_group_sync
97 * ldap_trylocal
98 * ldap_ssl
99 * ldap_ssl.keystore")
100 *#
101
102 1.1.1 LDAP Configuration for Active Directory
103
104 Here are values of the properties you need to set if your LDAP server implementation is Miscrosoft Active Directory:
105 - *ldap_server*: name/IP of AD server machine
106 - *ldap_port*: port ~~(e.g. 389)~~
107 - *ldap_check_level*: 1
108 - *ldap_base_DN*: name of root DN ~~(e.g. dc=ad,dc=company,dc=com)~~
109 - *ldap_bind_DN*: domain\{0\} ~~(e.g. ad\{0\} where \{0\} will be replaced by username during validation)~~
110 - *ldap_bind_pass*: \{1\} ~~(where \{1\} will be replaced by password during validation)~~
111 - *ldap_UID_attr*: sAMAccountName
112 - *ldap_fields_mapping*: name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
113
114 Example:
115 {code}
116 xwiki.authentication.ldap=1
117 xwiki.authentication.ldap.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.LDAPAuthServiceImpl
118 xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=adserver
119 xwiki.authentication.ldap.check_level=1
120 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389
121 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=dc=subdomain,dc=domain,dc=suffix
122 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=subdomain\\{0}
123 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1}
124 xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=sAMAccountName
125 xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
126 {code}
127
128 The bind_DN and bind_pass fields contain the username and password for binding to the LDAP server in order to search, which will not necessarily be the same credentials as the user logging in.
129
130
131 The exact details of this configuration will vary based on your server configuration. It may not be necessary to prefix the username (represented by {0}) with the subdomain.
132
133 For testing purposes, you may wish to omit the "ldap.fields_mapping" field, to test the authentication first, and then add it later to get the mappings right.
134
135 This java client, [LDAP Browser/Editor > http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap/] is a handy tool for checking your configuration.
136
137
138 1.1 eXo Authentication
139
140 The eXo authentication is used automatically by adding/editing the ~~xwiki.exo=1~~ property in ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~.
141
142 1.1 Custom Authentication
143
144 This allows plugging to any existing authentication mechanism such as SiteMinder, etc. To configure a custom authentication do the following:
145 # Implement the XWikiAuthService interface.
146 # Edit the ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~ file and add a ~~xwiki.authentication.authclass~~ property pointing to your class. For example:
147
148 {code}
149 xwiki.authentication.authclass = com.acme.MyCustomAuthenticationService
150 {code}
151
152 Note, that you also can implement own right management service by implementing XWikiRightService interface:
153 {code}
154 xwiki.authentication.rightsclass = com.acme.MyCustomRightsService
155 {code}
156
157 and group service by implementing XWikiGroupService and setting ~~xwiki.authentication.groupclass~~ property.
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162
163 1.1 Authentication parameters
164
165 You can set each of these parameters by setting:
166
167 {code}
168 xwiki.authentication.~~param_name~~=~~param_value~~
169 {code}
170
171 {table}
172 Name | Optional | Allowed values | Default value | Description
173 encryptionKey | No(1) | ? | n/a | Set the Encryption Key used to create a secret key, the secret key is passed to the Cipher object to be used during encryption and decryption of cookie values.
174 validationKey | No(2) | ? | n/a | Set the Validation Key used to generate hash value; the hash value is stored with the cookie and used to verify that the cookie has not been tampered with.
175 cookiedomains | Yes | String | Server host name | Which host(s) should your cookies be sent to; use only if you want to share cookies across domains, otherwise should be commented out
176 cookielife | Yes | Number | 14 | Number of days cookies take to expire
177 cookiepath | Yes | String | / | The webapp path that XWiki cookies should be sent to; if you have anything else running on your web server, this should be set to ~~/xwiki~~
178 default_page | Yes | String | /bin/view/ Main/WebHome | Page to redirect to if xredirect parameter is not set
179 encryptionalgorithm | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Algorithm used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
180 encryptionmode | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Mode used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
181 encryptionpadding | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Padding used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
182 errorpage | Yes | String | /bin/loginerror/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to if there is an error logging in
183 loginpage | Yes | String | /bin/login/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to when not logged in
184 loginsubmitpage | Yes | String | /loginsubmit/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | ?
185 logoutpage | Yes | String | /bin/logout/ XWiki/XWikiLogout | Page to redirect to after logged out
186 realname | Yes | String | XWiki | Sets the realm name (should be ~~realmname~~???)
187 protection | Yes | all, validation, encryption, none | all | Protection level for the "remember me" cookie functionality
188 unauthorized_code | Yes | ? | ? | ?
189 useip | Yes | true / false | true | Specify to use the IP address when encrypting the cookie data; if IP address changes will need to re-login.
190 {table}
191 # Only required if protection = encryption or all (default)
192 # Only required if protection = validation or all (default)

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