Wiki source code of Authentication

Version 7.1 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("" "" "")
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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 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
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14 1.1 LDAP Authentication
15 #warning("New experimental service since XWiki Platform 1.3M2, see [previous LDAP authentication service documentation>AuthenticationLdapOld]")
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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 {code}
73
74 #info("You can also setup the LDAP configuration in XWiki.XWikiPreferences page by going to the class editor and adding the following fields:
75 * ldap
76 * ldap_server
77 * ldap_port
78 * ldap_check_level
79 * ldap_base_DN
80 * ldap_bind_DN
81 * ldap_bind_pass
82 * ldap_UID_attr
83 * ldap_fields_mapping
84 * ldap_update_user
85 * ldap_group_mapping
86 * ldap_groupcache_expiration
87 * ldap_mode_group_sync
88 * ldap_trylocal")
89
90 1.1.1 LDAP Configuration for Active Directory
91
92 Here are values of the properties you need to set if your LDAP server implementation is Miscrosoft Active Directory:
93 - *ldap_server*: name/IP of AD server machine
94 - *ldap_port*: port ~~(e.g. 389)~~
95 - *ldap_check_level*: 1
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.ldap=1
105 xwiki.authentication.ldap.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.LDAPAuthServiceImpl
106 xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=adserver
107 xwiki.authentication.ldap.check_level=1
108 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389
109 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=dc=subdomain,dc=domain,dc=suffix
110 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=subdomain\\{0}
111 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1}
112 xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=sAMAccountName
113 xwiki.authentication.ldap.fields_mapping=name=sAMAccountName,last_name=sn,first_name=givenName,fullname=displayName,mail=mail,ldap_dn=dn
114 {code}
115
116 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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118
119 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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121 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.
122
123 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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125
126 1.1 eXo Authentication
127
128 The eXo authentication is used automatically by adding/editing the ~~xwiki.exo=1~~ property in ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~.
129
130 1.1 Custom Authentication
131
132 This allows plugging to any existing authentication mechanism such as SiteMinder, etc. To configure a custom authentication do the following:
133 # Implement the XWikiAuthService interface.
134 # Edit the ~~WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg~~ file and add a ~~xwiki.authentication.authclass~~ property pointing to your class. For example:
135
136 {code}
137 xwiki.authentication.authclass = com.acme.MyCustomAuthenticationService
138 {code}
139
140 Note, that you also can implement own right management service by implementing XWikiRightService interface:
141 {code}
142 xwiki.authentication.rightsclass = com.acme.MyCustomRightsService
143 {code}
144
145 and group service by implementing XWikiGroupService and setting ~~xwiki.authentication.groupclass~~ property.
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151 1.1 Authentication parameters
152
153 You can set each of these parameters by setting:
154
155 {code}
156 xwiki.authentication.~~param_name~~=~~param_value~~
157 {code}
158
159 {table}
160 Name | Optional | Allowed values | Default value | Description
161 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.
162 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.
163 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
164 cookielife | Yes | Number | 14 | Number of days cookies take to expire
165 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~~
166 default_page | Yes | String | /bin/view/ Main/WebHome | Page to redirect to if xredirect parameter is not set
167 encryptionalgorithm | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Algorithm used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
168 encryptionmode | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Mode used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
169 encryptionpadding | Yes | ? | ? | Set the Encryption Padding used to encrypt and decrypt cookies
170 errorpage | Yes | String | /bin/loginerror/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to if there is an error logging in
171 loginpage | Yes | String | /bin/login/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | Page to redirect to when not logged in
172 loginsubmitpage | Yes | String | /loginsubmit/ XWiki/XWikiLogin | ?
173 logoutpage | Yes | String | /bin/logout/ XWiki/XWikiLogout | Page to redirect to after logged out
174 realname | Yes | String | XWiki | Sets the realm name (should be ~~realmname~~???)
175 protection | Yes | all, validation, encryption, none | all | Protection level for the "remember me" cookie functionality
176 unauthorized_code | Yes | ? | ? | ?
177 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.
178 {table}
179 # Only required if protection = encryption or all (default)
180 # Only required if protection = validation or all (default)

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