Changes for page User Authentication

Last modified by Simon Urli on 2023/12/11

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From version < 85.1 >
edited by Alex Cotiugă
on 2016/08/01
To version < 87.1 >
edited by Thomas Mortagne
on 2016/08/03
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47 47  = LDAP Authentication =
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49 -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.
49 +Since 7.4 it's recommended to use the new [[LDAP Authenticator extension>>extension:Extension.LDAP.Authenticator]] instead of the core one.
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51 +The following documentation is for the core LDAP authenticator which has been removed in 8.3.
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53 +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.
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51 51  == Generic LDAP configuration ==
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53 53  In order to enable the LDAP support you have to change the authentication method in //WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg// as follows:

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