Jim wrote:
> I'm trying to setup external authentication with MediaWiki.  I've gone over 
> http://wiki.case.edu/CaseWiki:External_Authentication time and time again 
> but it's not exactly clear. Do I need to do only pieces of it?  Everything? 
> I'm just not following.  SO, I'm hoping someone can spell it out for me.


> Let's say I have a PHP script (lets call it ourmethod.php) that puts up a 
> web page and authenticates a user using our method.  Exactly how do I get 
> MediaWiki to display ourmethod.php for the login 
You still use MediaWiki login to get the user and password.
On http://wiki.case.edu/CaseWiki:External_Authentication they use
mod_reqrite to send you to another page. You may be able to make
Special:UserLogin more like ourmethod.php with some hook.

> and what exactly do I need 
> to do to ourmethod.php to have it tell MediaWiki "this guys ok"?

return true from the authenticate() method.


> Thanks! 


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