requirement is simple. when users click say abc.com/mediawiki they should be prompted for authentication after that users will have normal access to mediawiki.
If this can be done through LDAP can you please provide the possiblites. On 5/24/12, Srikanth Lakshmanan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 2:43 PM, vijayaraghavan seshan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Recently installed mediawiki in GNU/Linux box. We have a requirement >> that mediwiki to be accessed through secure login. Purpose is to give >> access for particular teams and not for all. Any suggestions will be >> very much appreciated. >> > > Your requirement is very vague. If you are talking of authentication, > LDAP[1] / CAS[2] authentication extensions can help. If its about setting > up a private wiki read[3]. If you want part of wiki to be non-editable read > $wgNamespaceProtection[4]. You can try extensions[5][6] to enforce access > controls for reading at your own risk for 2 reasons. > 1 - As the disclaimer says Mediawiki is not built partial page access > restrictions(for reading), you might be better off choosing a proper CMS > for that > 2. These extensions have not yet been certified on 1.19 or even 1.18 for > that matter, so you will have to break your head if it doesn't work. > > [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LDAP_Authentication > [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CASAuthentication > [3] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access > [4] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespaceProtection > [5] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Lockdown > [6] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleSecurity > > > -- > Regards > Srikanth.L > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > -- Thanks VJRGVN _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
