Changes for page User Authentication
Last modified by Simon Urli on 2023/12/11
From version 95.1
edited by Vincent Massol
on 2017/10/02
on 2017/10/02
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To version 96.1
edited by Vincent Massol
on 2017/10/02
on 2017/10/02
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... ... @@ -48,18 +48,21 @@ 48 48 49 49 = LDAP Authentication = 50 50 51 -{{info}} 52 -Since 7.4 it's recommended to use the new [[LDAP Authenticator extension>>extensions:Extension.LDAP.Authenticator]] instead of the core one. 51 +== Active Directory == 53 53 54 -If you're usingActive Directoryyoucould also checkthe[[Active DirectoryApplication>>https://store.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/ActiveDirectoryApplication]]which isa paying application dedicatedtosimplifying the integration of ActiveDirectorywith XWiki.53 +If you're looking to connect XWiki to an Active Directory server, you have 2 options: 55 55 56 - Thefollowingdocumentation is for thecore LDAPauthenticatorwhichhas been removed in 8.3.57 - {{/info}}55 +* Using the manual and generic approach listed below 56 +* Using the dedicated [[Active Directory Application>>https://store.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/ActiveDirectoryApplication]] which is a paying application dedicated to simplifying the integration of Active Directory with XWiki. 58 58 59 -If you are going to use the [[LDAP Admin Extension>>extensions:Extension.LDAP.Application]], which makes it easier to configure LDAP, then you only need to uncomment xwiki.authentication.authclass property and //nothing// else. Unlike editing xwiki.cfg, which requires you to redeploy the XWiki webapp, LDAP Extension allows you to make changes without restarting. 60 - 61 61 == Generic LDAP configuration == 62 62 60 +It's recommended to use the [[LDAP Authenticator extension>>extensions:Extension.LDAP.Authenticator]] instead of the core LDAP authenticator. 61 + 62 +The following documentation is for the core LDAP authenticator which has been removed in 8.3. 63 + 64 +If you are going to use the [[LDAP Admin Extension>>extensions:Extension.LDAP.Application]], which makes it easier to configure LDAP, then you only need to uncomment ##xwiki.authentication.authclass## property and //nothing// else. Unlike editing ##xwiki.cfg##, which requires you to redeploy the XWiki webapp, LDAP Extension allows you to make changes without restarting. 65 + 63 63 In order to enable the LDAP support you have to change the authentication method in //WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg// as follows: 64 64 65 65 {{code language="properties"}}