Wiki source code of Authentication

Version 28.1 by Vincent Massol on 2009/05/18

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1 1 User Authentication
2
3 XWiki supports several different authentication mechanisms for authenticating users:
4 #toc("" "" "")
5
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:
33
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
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.
119
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
139 1.1 eXo Authentication
140
141 The eXo authentication is used automatically by adding/editing the ~~xwiki.exo=1~~ property in ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~.
142
143 1.1 Custom Authentication
144
145 This allows plugging to any existing authentication mechanism such as SiteMinder, etc. To configure a custom authentication do the following:
146 # Implement the [XWikiAuthService>http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/core/trunk/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/user/api/XWikiAuthService.java] interface.
147 # Edit the ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~ file and add a ~~xwiki.authentication.authclass~~ property pointing to your class. For example:
148
149 {code}
150 xwiki.authentication.authclass = com.acme.MyCustomAuthenticationService
151 {code}
152
153 Here's a [tutorial on implementing a custom authentication class for authenticating against Oracle's SSO>http://bodez.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/xwiki-user-authentication-with-oracle-sso/].
154
155 Note, that you also can implement own right management service by implementing [XWikiRightService>http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/core/trunk/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/user/api/XWikiRightService.java] interface:
156 {code}
157 xwiki.authentication.rightsclass = com.acme.MyCustomRightsService
158 {code}
159
160 and Group Service by implementing [XWikiGroupService>http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/core/trunk/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/user/api/XWikiGroupService.java]:
161
162 {code}
163 xwiki.authentication.groupclass = com.acme.MyCustomGroupService
164 {code}
165
166 1.1.1 Custom Authentication using a Groovy script in a wiki page
167
168 Start by specifying you want to use the Groovy Authenticator:
169
170 {code}
171 xwiki.authentication.authclass = com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.xwiki.GroovyAuthServiceImpl
172 {code}
173
174 Then add another configuration parameter to specify in which wiki page the authenticator is:
175
176 {code}
177 xwiki.authentication.groovy.pagename = MySpace.MyPage
178 {code}
179
180 Then in a wiki page put some Groovy code that returns a XWikiAuthService object.
181
182 1.1 Authentication parameters
183
184 You can set each of these parameters by setting:
185
186 {code}
187 xwiki.authentication.~~param_name~~=~~param_value~~
188 {code}
189
190 {table}
191 Name | Optional | Allowed values | Default value | Description
192 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.
193 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.
194 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
195 cookielife | Yes | Number | 14 | Number of days cookies take to expire
196 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~~
197 default_page | Yes | String | /bin/view/ Main/WebHome | Page to redirect to if xredirect parameter is not set
198 encryptionalgorithm | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Algorithm used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
199 encryptionmode | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Mode used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
200 encryptionpadding | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Padding used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
201 errorpage | Yes | String | /bin/loginerror/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to if there is an error logging in
202 loginpage | Yes | String | /bin/login/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to when not logged in
203 loginsubmitpage | Yes | String | /loginsubmit/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | ?
204 logoutpage | Yes | String | /bin/logout/ XWiki/XWikiLogout | Page to redirect to after logged out
205 realmname | Yes | String | XWiki | Sets the realm name
206 protection | Yes | all, validation, encryption, none | all | Protection level for the "remember me" cookie functionality
207 unauthorized_code | Yes | ? | ? | ?
208 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.
209 {table}
210 # Only required if protection = encryption or all (default)
211 # Only required if protection = validation or all (default)
212
213 1.1 Kerberos SSO Authentication
214
215 #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!")
216
217 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.
218
219 First of all you need to create a principal and keytab for the webserver:
220 {code}
221 # kadmin
222 kadmin> addprinc -randkey HTTP/wiki.example.com
223 kadmin> ktadd -k /etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab HTTP/wiki.example.com
224 kadmin> quit
225 {code}
226
227 Make sure the keytab has the right permissions and ownership:
228 {code}
229 chown www-data:www-data /etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab
230 chmod 400 /etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab
231 {code}
232
233 Install mod_auth_kerb in your linux installation. On Debian or Ubuntu this would be achieved by running:
234 {code}
235 aptitude install libapache2-mod-auth-kerb
236 {code}
237 Of course the installation procedure varies per Linux distribution.
238
239 If your xwiki installation is mounted in Apache HTTPD under /xwiki, add the following to the virtual host configuration:
240 {code}
241 <Location /xwiki/>
242 AuthType Kerberos
243 AuthName "Kerberos Login"
244 KrbAuthRealms EXAMPLE.COM
245 Krb5Keytab "/etc/apache2/ssl/wiki.keytab"
246 KrbMethodK5Passwd off
247 KrbMethodNegotiate on
248 KrbSaveCredentials on
249 require valid-user
250 </Location>
251 {code}
252
253 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):
254 {code}
255 <Connector port="8009" address="127.0.0.1" enableLookups="false" tomcatAuthentication="false" redirectPort="8443" protocol="AJP/1.3" />
256 {code}
257
258 Place the authkerb.jar jar in the WEB-INF/lib directory of Xwiki in Apache Tomcat.
259
260 Have Xwiki use the authentication module by changing the "xwiki.authentication.authclass" property in WEB-INF/lib/xwiki.cfg file.
261 {code}
262 xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.xwiki.AppServerTrustedKerberosAuthServiceImpl
263 {code}
264
265 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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