Wiki source code of Authentication

Version 8.1 by Thomas Mortagne on 2008/02/19

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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 which means you cannot implement policies such as if the user is not found in LDAP then check if he's in the XWiki database. This will probably be improved in the future.")
9
10 1.1 Form Authentication
11
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.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 #info("You can also setup the LDAP configuration in XWiki.XWikiPreferences page by going to the class editor and adding the following fields:
83 * ldap
84 * ldap_server
85 * ldap_port
86 * ldap_check_level
87 * ldap_base_DN
88 * ldap_bind_DN
89 * ldap_bind_pass
90 * ldap_UID_attr
91 * ldap_fields_mapping
92 * ldap_update_user
93 * ldap_group_mapping
94 * ldap_groupcache_expiration
95 * ldap_mode_group_sync
96 * ldap_trylocal
97 * ldap_ssl
98 * ldap_ssl.keystore")
99
100 1.1.1 LDAP Configuration for Active Directory
101
102 Here are values of the properties you need to set if your LDAP server implementation is Miscrosoft Active Directory:
103 - *ldap_server*: name/IP of AD server machine
104 - *ldap_port*: port ~~(e.g. 389)~~
105 - *ldap_check_level*: 1
106 - *ldap_base_DN*: name of root DN ~~(e.g. dc=ad,dc=company,dc=com)~~
107 - *ldap_bind_DN*: domain\{0\} ~~(e.g. ad\{0\} where \{0\} will be replaced by username during validation)~~
108 - *ldap_bind_pass*: \{1\} ~~(where \{1\} will be replaced by password during validation)~~
109 - *ldap_UID_attr*: sAMAccountName
110 - *ldap_fields_mapping*: name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
111
112 Example:
113 {code}
114 xwiki.authentication.ldap=1
115 xwiki.authentication.ldap.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.LDAPAuthServiceImpl
116 xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=adserver
117 xwiki.authentication.ldap.check_level=1
118 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389
119 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=dc=subdomain,dc=domain,dc=suffix
120 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=subdomain\\{0}
121 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1}
122 xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=sAMAccountName
123 xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
124 {code}
125
126 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.
127
128
129 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.
130
131 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.
132
133 This java client, [LDAP Browser/Editor > http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap/] is a handy tool for checking your configuration.
134
135
136 1.1 eXo Authentication
137
138 The eXo authentication is used automatically by adding/editing the ~~xwiki.exo=1~~ property in ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~.
139
140 1.1 Custom Authentication
141
142 This allows plugging to any existing authentication mechanism such as SiteMinder, etc. To configure a custom authentication do the following:
143 # Implement the XWikiAuthService interface.
144 # Edit the ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~ file and add a ~~xwiki.authentication.authclass~~ property pointing to your class. For example:
145
146 {code}
147 xwiki.authentication.authclass = com.acme.MyCustomAuthenticationService
148 {code}
149
150 Note, that you also can implement own right management service by implementing XWikiRightService interface:
151 {code}
152 xwiki.authentication.rightsclass = com.acme.MyCustomRightsService
153 {code}
154
155 and group service by implementing XWikiGroupService and setting ~~xwiki.authentication.groupclass~~ property.
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160
161 1.1 Authentication parameters
162
163 You can set each of these parameters by setting:
164
165 {code}
166 xwiki.authentication.~~param_name~~=~~param_value~~
167 {code}
168
169 {table}
170 Name | Optional | Allowed values | Default value | Description
171 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.
172 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.
173 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
174 cookielife | Yes | Number | 14 | Number of days cookies take to expire
175 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~~
176 default_page | Yes | String | /bin/view/ Main/WebHome | Page to redirect to if xredirect parameter is not set
177 encryptionalgorithm | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Algorithm used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
178 encryptionmode | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Mode used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
179 encryptionpadding | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Padding used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
180 errorpage | Yes | String | /bin/loginerror/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to if there is an error logging in
181 loginpage | Yes | String | /bin/login/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to when not logged in
182 loginsubmitpage | Yes | String | /loginsubmit/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | ?
183 logoutpage | Yes | String | /bin/logout/ XWiki/XWikiLogout | Page to redirect to after logged out
184 realname | Yes | String | XWiki | Sets the realm name (should be ~~realmname~~???)
185 protection | Yes | all, validation, encryption, none | all | Protection level for the "remember me" cookie functionality
186 unauthorized_code | Yes | ? | ? | ?
187 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.
188 {table}
189 # Only required if protection = encryption or all (default)
190 # Only required if protection = validation or all (default)

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