Wiki source code of Authentication

Version 20.1 by JasperSiepkes on 2008/06/23

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1 1 User Authentication
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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. This will probably be improved in the future.")
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10 1.1 Form Authentication
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12 TODO
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14 1.1 LDAP Authentication
15
16 #warning("New LDAP implementation since XWiki Platform 1.3M2, see [previous LDAP authentication service documentation>AuthenticationLdapOld]")
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18 1.1.1 Generic LDAP configuration
19
20 In order to enable the LDAP support you have to change the authentication method in ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~ as follows:
21 {code}
22 ## Turn LDAP authentication on - otherwise only XWiki authentication
23 ## 0 : disable
24 ## 1 : enable
25 xwiki.authentication.ldap=1
26
27 ## set LDAP as authentication service
28 xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl
29
30 {code}
31
32 You can setup the LDAP configuration in the ~~xwiki.cfg~~ file by filling the following properties:
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34 {code:none}
35 ## LDAP Server (Active Directory, eDirectory, OpenLDAP, etc.)
36 xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=156.58.101.204
37 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389
38
39 ## LDAP login, empty = anonymous access, otherwise specify full dn
40 ## {0} is replaced with the username, {1} with the password
41 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=cn={0},department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP
42 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1}
43
44 #-# Force to check password after LDAP connection
45 #-# 0: disable
46 #-# 1: enable
47 xwiki.authentication.ldap.validate_password=0
48
49 ## only members of the following group will be verified in the LDAP
50 ## otherwise only users that are found after searching starting from the base_DN
51 xwiki.authentication.ldap.user_group=cn=developers,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US
52
53 ## base DN for searches
54 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=
55 department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP
56
57 ## specifies the LDAP attribute containing the identifier to be used as the XWiki name (default=cn)
58 xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=cn
59
60 ## retrieve the following fields from LDAP and store them in the XWiki user object (xwiki-attribute=ldap-attribute)
61 xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=fullName,email=mail,ldap_dn=dn
62
63 # on every login update the mapped attributes from LDAP to XWiki otherwise this happens only once when the XWiki account is created.
64 xwiki.authentication.ldap.update_user=1
65
66 ## maps XWiki groups to LDAP groups, separator is "|"
67 xwiki.authentication.ldap.group_mapping=XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup=cn=AdminRole,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US|\
68 XWiki.Organisation=cn=testers,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US
69
70 ## time in seconds after which the list of members in a group is refreshed from LDAP (default=3600*6)
71 xwiki.authentication.ldap.groupcache_expiration=21800
72
73 ## - create : synchronize group membership only when the user is first created
74 ## - always: synchronize on every login
75 xwiki.authentication.ldap.mode_group_sync=always
76
77 ## if ldap authentication fails for any reason, try XWiki DB authentication with the same credentials
78 xwiki.authentication.ldap.trylocal=1
79
80 ## SSL connection to LDAP server
81 ## 0 : normal
82 ## 1 : SSL
83 xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl=1
84
85 ## The keystore file to use in SSL connection
86 xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl.keystore=
87 {code}
88
89 #info("You can also setup the LDAP configuration in XWiki.XWikiPreferences page by going to the object editor")
90
91 1.1.1 LDAP Configuration for Active Directory
92
93 Here are values of the properties you need to set if your LDAP server implementation is Miscrosoft Active Directory:
94 - *ldap_server*: name/IP of AD server machine
95 - *ldap_port*: port ~~(e.g. 389)~~
96 - *ldap_base_DN*: name of root DN ~~(e.g. dc=ad,dc=company,dc=com)~~
97 - *ldap_bind_DN*: domain\{0\} ~~(e.g. ad\{0\} where \{0\} will be replaced by username during validation)~~
98 - *ldap_bind_pass*: \{1\} ~~(where \{1\} will be replaced by password during validation)~~
99 - *ldap_UID_attr*: sAMAccountName
100 - *ldap_fields_mapping*: name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
101
102 Example:
103 {code}
104 xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl
105 xwiki.authentication.ldap=1
106 xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=adserver
107 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389
108 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=dc=subdomain,dc=domain,dc=suffix
109 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=subdomain\\{0}
110 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1}
111 xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=sAMAccountName
112 xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
113 {code}
114
115 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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117
118 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.
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120 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.
121
122 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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128 1.1 eXo Authentication
129
130 The eXo authentication is used automatically by adding/editing the ~~xwiki.exo=1~~ property in ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~.
131
132 1.1 Custom Authentication
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134 This allows plugging to any existing authentication mechanism such as SiteMinder, etc. To configure a custom authentication do the following:
135 # Implement the XWikiAuthService interface.
136 # Edit the ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~ file and add a ~~xwiki.authentication.authclass~~ property pointing to your class. For example:
137
138 {code}
139 xwiki.authentication.authclass = com.acme.MyCustomAuthenticationService
140 {code}
141
142 Note, that you also can implement own right management service by implementing XWikiRightService interface:
143 {code}
144 xwiki.authentication.rightsclass = com.acme.MyCustomRightsService
145 {code}
146
147 and group service by implementing XWikiGroupService and setting ~~xwiki.authentication.groupclass~~ property.
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153 1.1 Authentication parameters
154
155 You can set each of these parameters by setting:
156
157 {code}
158 xwiki.authentication.~~param_name~~=~~param_value~~
159 {code}
160
161 {table}
162 Name | Optional | Allowed values | Default value | Description
163 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.
164 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.
165 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
166 cookielife | Yes | Number | 14 | Number of days cookies take to expire
167 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~~
168 default_page | Yes | String | /bin/view/ Main/WebHome | Page to redirect to if xredirect parameter is not set
169 encryptionalgorithm | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Algorithm used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
170 encryptionmode | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Mode used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
171 encryptionpadding | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Padding used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
172 errorpage | Yes | String | /bin/loginerror/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to if there is an error logging in
173 loginpage | Yes | String | /bin/login/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to when not logged in
174 loginsubmitpage | Yes | String | /loginsubmit/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | ?
175 logoutpage | Yes | String | /bin/logout/ XWiki/XWikiLogout | Page to redirect to after logged out
176 realmname | Yes | String | XWiki | Sets the realm name
177 protection | Yes | all, validation, encryption, none | all | Protection level for the "remember me" cookie functionality
178 unauthorized_code | Yes | ? | ? | ?
179 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.
180 {table}
181 # Only required if protection = encryption or all (default)
182 # Only required if protection = validation or all (default)
183
184 1.1 Kerberos SSO Authentication
185
186 The following is an example of mod_auth_kerb for Apache being used to easily implement Xwiki authentication of users via by HTTP Negotiate on a linux server. This example assumes you already have a working Apache2 HTTPD and Apache Tomcat setup with mod_jk.
187
188 First of all you need to create a principal and keytab for the webserver:
189 {code}
190 # kadmin
191 kadmin> addprinc -randkey HTTP/wiki.example.com
192 kadmin> ktadd -k /etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab HTTP/wiki.example.com
193 kadmin> quit
194 {code}
195
196 Make sure the keytab has the right permissions and ownership:
197 {code}
198 chown www-data:www-data /etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab
199 chmod 400 /etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab
200 {code}
201
202 Install mod_auth_kerb in your linux installation. On Debian or Ubuntu this would be achieved by running:
203 {code}
204 aptitude install libapache2-mod-auth-kerb
205 {code}
206 Of course the installation procedure varies per Linux distribution.
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208 If your xwiki installation is mounted in Apache HTTPD under /xwiki, add the following to the virtual host configuration:
209 {code}
210 <Location /xwiki/>
211 AuthType Kerberos
212 AuthName "Kerberos Login"
213 KrbAuthRealms EXAMPLE.COM
214 Krb5Keytab "/etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab"
215 KrbMethodK5Passwd off
216 KrbMethodNegotiate on
217 KrbSaveCredentials on
218 require valid-user
219 </Location>
220 {code}
221
222 Make sure Apache Tomcat uses the authentication performed by Apache HTTPD with the "tomcatAuthentication" property in the connector description (which is in the server.xml file of Apache Tomcat):
223 {code}
224 <Connector port="8009" address="127.0.0.1" enableLookups="false" tomcatAuthentication="false" redirectPort="8443" protocol="AJP/1.3" />
225 {code}
226
227 Place the authkerb.jar jar in the WEB-INF/lib directory of Xwiki in Apache Tomcat.
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229 Have Xwiki use the authentication module by changing the "xwiki.authentication.authclass" property in WEB-INF/lib/xwiki.cfg file.
230 {code}
231 xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.xwiki.AppServerTrustedKerberosAuthServiceImpl
232 {code}
233
234 If you use Firefox, do not forget to whitelist the xwiki URL for HTTP Negotiate in about:config with the "network.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris" property. possible values for this propperty include (without the quotes): "https://" for all secured connections or "example.com" for all example.com subdomains.

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