Wiki source code of Authentication

Version 26.1 by Thomas Mortagne on 2008/09/09

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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. This will probably be improved in the future.")
9
10 1.1 Form Authentication
11
12 TODO
13
14 1.1 LDAP Authentication
15
16 #warning("New LDAP implementation since XWiki Platform 1.3M2, see [previous LDAP authentication service documentation>AuthenticationLdapOld]")
17
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 ## only users not member of the following group can autheticate
54 xwiki.authentication.ldap.exclude_group=cn=admin,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US
55
56 ## base DN for searches
57 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=
58 department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP
59
60 ## specifies the LDAP attribute containing the identifier to be used as the XWiki name (default=cn)
61 xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=cn
62
63 ## retrieve the following fields from LDAP and store them in the XWiki user object (xwiki-attribute=ldap-attribute)
64 xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=fullName,email=mail,ldap_dn=dn
65
66 # on every login update the mapped attributes from LDAP to XWiki otherwise this happens only once when the XWiki account is created.
67 xwiki.authentication.ldap.update_user=1
68
69 ## maps XWiki groups to LDAP groups, separator is "|"
70 xwiki.authentication.ldap.group_mapping=XWiki.XWikiAdminGroup=cn=AdminRole,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US|\
71 XWiki.Organisation=cn=testers,ou=groups,o=MegaNova,c=US
72
73 ## time in seconds after which the list of members in a group is refreshed from LDAP (default=3600*6)
74 xwiki.authentication.ldap.groupcache_expiration=21800
75
76 ## - create : synchronize group membership only when the user is first created
77 ## - always: synchronize on every login
78 xwiki.authentication.ldap.mode_group_sync=always
79
80 ## if ldap authentication fails for any reason, try XWiki DB authentication with the same credentials
81 xwiki.authentication.ldap.trylocal=1
82
83 ## SSL connection to LDAP server
84 ## 0 : normal
85 ## 1 : SSL
86 xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl=1
87
88 ## The keystore file to use in SSL connection
89 xwiki.authentication.ldap.ssl.keystore=
90 {code}
91
92 #info("You can also setup the LDAP configuration in XWiki.XWikiPreferences page by going to the object editor. Simply replace \"xwiki.authentication.ldap.\" by \"ldap_\". For example <tt>xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN</tt> become <tt>ldap_base_DN</tt>")
93
94 1.1.1 LDAP Configuration for Active Directory
95
96 Here are values of the properties you need to set if your LDAP server implementation is Miscrosoft Active Directory:
97 - *ldap_server*: name/IP of AD server machine
98 - *ldap_port*: port ~~(e.g. 389)~~
99 - *ldap_base_DN*: name of root DN ~~(e.g. dc=ad,dc=company,dc=com)~~
100 - *ldap_bind_DN*: domain\{0\} ~~(e.g. ad\{0\} where \{0\} will be replaced by username during validation)~~
101 - *ldap_bind_pass*: \{1\} ~~(where \{1\} will be replaced by password during validation)~~
102 - *ldap_UID_attr*: sAMAccountName
103 - *ldap_fields_mapping*: name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
104
105 Example:
106 {code}
107 xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl
108 xwiki.authentication.ldap=1
109 xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=adserver
110 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389
111 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=dc=subdomain,dc=domain,dc=suffix
112 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=subdomain\\{0}
113 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1}
114 xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=sAMAccountName
115 xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
116 {code}
117
118 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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120
121 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.
122
123 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.
124
125 This java client, [LDAP Browser/Editor > http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap/] is a handy tool for checking your configuration.
126
127 1.1.1 Detailed use cases
128
129 See [LDAP configuration uses cases>LDAPAuthenticationUseCases] for some detailed use cases.
130
131 1.1.1 Enable LDAP debug log
132
133 See [AdminGuide.Logging]. The specific targets for LDAP authentication are:
134 {code}
135 log4j.logger.com.xpn.xwiki.plugin.ldap=debug
136 log4j.logger.com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP=debug
137 {code}
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 realmname | Yes | String | XWiki | Sets the realm name
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)
193
194 1.1 Kerberos SSO Authentication
195
196 #warning("This implementation of SSO is currently under review see: http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-2496 . The class which is described in this segment of documentation, AppServerTrustedKerberosAuthServiceImpl, is not part of the default XWiki distribution!")
197
198 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.
199
200 First of all you need to create a principal and keytab for the webserver:
201 {code}
202 # kadmin
203 kadmin> addprinc -randkey HTTP/wiki.example.com
204 kadmin> ktadd -k /etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab HTTP/wiki.example.com
205 kadmin> quit
206 {code}
207
208 Make sure the keytab has the right permissions and ownership:
209 {code}
210 chown www-data:www-data /etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab
211 chmod 400 /etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab
212 {code}
213
214 Install mod_auth_kerb in your linux installation. On Debian or Ubuntu this would be achieved by running:
215 {code}
216 aptitude install libapache2-mod-auth-kerb
217 {code}
218 Of course the installation procedure varies per Linux distribution.
219
220 If your xwiki installation is mounted in Apache HTTPD under /xwiki, add the following to the virtual host configuration:
221 {code}
222 <Location /xwiki/>
223 AuthType Kerberos
224 AuthName "Kerberos Login"
225 KrbAuthRealms EXAMPLE.COM
226 Krb5Keytab "/etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab"
227 KrbMethodK5Passwd off
228 KrbMethodNegotiate on
229 KrbSaveCredentials on
230 require valid-user
231 </Location>
232 {code}
233
234 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):
235 {code}
236 <Connector port="8009" address="127.0.0.1" enableLookups="false" tomcatAuthentication="false" redirectPort="8443" protocol="AJP/1.3" />
237 {code}
238
239 Place the authkerb.jar jar in the WEB-INF/lib directory of Xwiki in Apache Tomcat.
240
241 Have Xwiki use the authentication module by changing the "xwiki.authentication.authclass" property in WEB-INF/lib/xwiki.cfg file.
242 {code}
243 xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.xwiki.AppServerTrustedKerberosAuthServiceImpl
244 {code}
245
246 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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