Rewrite userslib.php splitting it into smaller pieces to make it easilly expandable
- Status
- Closed
- Subject
- Rewrite userslib.php splitting it into smaller pieces to make it easilly expandable
- Version
- 2.x
- Category
- Feature request
- Feature
- Administration
External Authentication (LDAP, AD, PAM, CAS, etc) - Resolution status
- Out of Date
- Submitted by
- Marc Fargas
- Volunteered to solve
- Marc Fargas
- Lastmod by
- Marc Laporte
- Rating
- Description
userslib.php is actually a mess where AuthPAM, PEAR and CAS have been pasted inside, my idea is to rewrite userslib.php with the idea of "modular authenticators" that is, having a directory like lib/userslib/ put there authlib_cas.php, authlib_pear.php, authlib_pam.php and tikiauth.php (for the builtin tiki's authentication).
The goal is that a user can create a new authlib_*.php file for his own purposes (actually I need one for Active Directory via php-ldap and another for our customers database) without the need of touching userslib.php at all, so upgrading would be much easier, and writting your own authenticator would be really much easier than now.
I'm currently working on that on BRANCH-1-9 as that's the one I use at the office but userslib.php from 1.9 to HEAD is untouched so no issues come with that.
My plan is to initially split userslib.php into cas, pear, pam and the builtin modules (a lot of work there!) then rewrite the Login section of the admin panel so it adapts to it's new nature.
The ways to preserve environment I've tought are: being able to enable/disable any module at any time, having only the current 3 enabled by default, and set what would be the new "authenticators_order" preference to meet the current possible situations also retaining preferences.
What I still don't know how to handle is:
- How an authenticator can create/delete it's preferences from tiki_preferences when enabled/disabled (is there any tikilib function to create/delete preferences?)
Comments are welcome!(NOTE: I'm not sure that this tracker is the place for that.. I saw it's a TODO... am I right?)
- How an authenticator can create/delete it's preferences from tiki_preferences when enabled/disabled (is there any tikilib function to create/delete preferences?)
- Solution
- Implement that... I'm on it! it weil be ready soon.. (I need it for my job hehe)
- Importance
- 2
- Priority
- 10
- Demonstrate Bug on Tiki 19+
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This bug has been demonstrated on show2.tiki.org
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Show.tiki.org is not configured properlyThe public/private keys configured to connect to show2.tiki.org were not accepted. Please make sure you are using RSA keys. Thanks.
- Demonstrate Bug (older Tiki versions)
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This bug has been demonstrated on show.tikiwiki.org
Please demonstrate your bug on show.tikiwiki.org
Show.tiki.org is not configured properlyThe public/private keys configured to connect to show.tikiwiki.org were not accepted. Please make sure you are using RSA keys. Thanks.
- Ticket ID
- 327
- Created
- Wednesday 17 August, 2005 16:26:43 UTC
by Unknown - LastModif
- Sunday 25 May, 2008 09:21:08 UTC