Wiki source code of Authentication

Version 14.1 by Thomas Mortagne on 2008/03/07

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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
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14 1.1 LDAP Authentication
15 #warning("New experimental service since XWiki Platform 1.3M2, see [previous LDAP authentication service documentation>AuthenticationLdapOld]")
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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:
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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 #-# Force to check password after LDAP connection
43 #-# 0: disable
44 #-# 1: enable
45 xwiki.authentication.ldap.validate_password=0
46
47 ## only members of the following group will be verified in the LDAP
48 ## otherwise only users that are found after searching starting from the base_DN
49 xwiki.authentication.ldap.user_group=cn=developers,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US
50
51 ## base DN for searches
52 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=
53 department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP
54
55 ## specifies the LDAP attribute containing the identifier to be used as the XWiki name (default=cn)
56 xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=cn
57
58 ## retrieve the following fields from LDAP and store them in the XWiki user object (xwiki-attribute=ldap-attribute)
59 xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=fullName,email=mail,ldap_dn=dn
60
61 # on every login update the mapped attributes from LDAP to XWiki otherwise this happens only once when the XWiki account is created.
62 xwiki.authentication.ldap.update_user=1
63
64 ## maps XWiki groups to LDAP groups, separator is "|"
65 xwiki.authentication.ldap.group_mapping=XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup=cn=AdminRole,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US|\
66 XWiki.Organisation=cn=testers,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US
67
68 ## time in seconds after which the list of members in a group is refreshed from LDAP (default=3600*6)
69 xwiki.authentication.ldap.groupcache_expiration=21800
70
71 ## - create : synchronize group membership only when the user is first created
72 ## - always: synchronize on every login
73 xwiki.authentication.ldap.mode_group_sync=always
74
75 ## if ldap authentication fails for any reason, try XWiki DB authentication with the same credentials
76 xwiki.authentication.ldap.trylocal=1
77
78 ## SSL connection to LDAP server
79 ## 0 : normal
80 ## 1 : SSL
81 xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl=1
82
83 ## The keystore file to use in SSL connection
84 xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl.keystore=
85 {code}
86
87 #info("You can also setup the LDAP configuration in XWiki.XWikiPreferences page by going to the class editor and adding the following fields:
88 * ldap
89 * ldap_server
90 * ldap_port
91 * ldap_check_level
92 * ldap_base_DN
93 * ldap_bind_DN
94 * ldap_bind_pass
95 * ldap_validate_password
96 * ldap_UID_attr
97 * ldap_fields_mapping
98 * ldap_update_user
99 * ldap_group_mapping
100 * ldap_groupcache_expiration
101 * ldap_mode_group_sync
102 * ldap_trylocal
103 * ldap_ssl
104 * ldap_ssl.keystore")
105
106 1.1.1 LDAP Configuration for Active Directory
107
108 Here are values of the properties you need to set if your LDAP server implementation is Miscrosoft Active Directory:
109 - *ldap_server*: name/IP of AD server machine
110 - *ldap_port*: port ~~(e.g. 389)~~
111 - *ldap_check_level*: 1
112 - *ldap_base_DN*: name of root DN ~~(e.g. dc=ad,dc=company,dc=com)~~
113 - *ldap_bind_DN*: domain\{0\} ~~(e.g. ad\{0\} where \{0\} will be replaced by username during validation)~~
114 - *ldap_bind_pass*: \{1\} ~~(where \{1\} will be replaced by password during validation)~~
115 - *ldap_UID_attr*: sAMAccountName
116 - *ldap_fields_mapping*: name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
117
118 Example:
119 {code}
120 xwiki.authentication.ldap=1
121 xwiki.authentication.ldap.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.LDAPAuthServiceImpl
122 xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=adserver
123 xwiki.authentication.ldap.check_level=1
124 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389
125 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=dc=subdomain,dc=domain,dc=suffix
126 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=subdomain\\{0}
127 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1}
128 xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=sAMAccountName
129 xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
130 {code}
131
132 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.
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134
135 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.
136
137 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.
138
139 This java client, [LDAP Browser/Editor > http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap/] is a handy tool for checking your configuration.
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143
144 1.1 eXo Authentication
145
146 The eXo authentication is used automatically by adding/editing the ~~xwiki.exo=1~~ property in ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~.
147
148 1.1 Custom Authentication
149
150 This allows plugging to any existing authentication mechanism such as SiteMinder, etc. To configure a custom authentication do the following:
151 # Implement the XWikiAuthService interface.
152 # Edit the ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~ file and add a ~~xwiki.authentication.authclass~~ property pointing to your class. For example:
153
154 {code}
155 xwiki.authentication.authclass = com.acme.MyCustomAuthenticationService
156 {code}
157
158 Note, that you also can implement own right management service by implementing XWikiRightService interface:
159 {code}
160 xwiki.authentication.rightsclass = com.acme.MyCustomRightsService
161 {code}
162
163 and group service by implementing XWikiGroupService and setting ~~xwiki.authentication.groupclass~~ property.
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169 1.1 Authentication parameters
170
171 You can set each of these parameters by setting:
172
173 {code}
174 xwiki.authentication.~~param_name~~=~~param_value~~
175 {code}
176
177 {table}
178 Name | Optional | Allowed values | Default value | Description
179 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.
180 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.
181 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
182 cookielife | Yes | Number | 14 | Number of days cookies take to expire
183 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~~
184 default_page | Yes | String | /bin/view/ Main/WebHome | Page to redirect to if xredirect parameter is not set
185 encryptionalgorithm | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Algorithm used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
186 encryptionmode | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Mode used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
187 encryptionpadding | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Padding used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
188 errorpage | Yes | String | /bin/loginerror/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to if there is an error logging in
189 loginpage | Yes | String | /bin/login/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to when not logged in
190 loginsubmitpage | Yes | String | /loginsubmit/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | ?
191 logoutpage | Yes | String | /bin/logout/ XWiki/XWikiLogout | Page to redirect to after logged out
192 realname | Yes | String | XWiki | Sets the realm name (should be ~~realmname~~???)
193 protection | Yes | all, validation, encryption, none | all | Protection level for the "remember me" cookie functionality
194 unauthorized_code | Yes | ? | ? | ?
195 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.
196 {table}
197 # Only required if protection = encryption or all (default)
198 # Only required if protection = validation or all (default)

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