Dear Ryan, Thanks for your help. I tried redirecting by adding "Redirect /w/Special:UserLogin https://<servername>/wiki/Main_Page" to http.conf. The pop-up box came up, I typed in my name and password, and was redirected to the Main Page, but I don't seem to be logged in. I don't see the usual logged-in icons on the top right and I don't see the option to edit pages.
Any advice? Thanks again, Melissa > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:mediawiki-l- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Lane, Ryan > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:40 AM > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Authentication > > > I have one small problem now. When a user visits Special:UserLogin, > > the user sees a pop-up screen and is prompted for a username and > > password, which is validated against the external database. If this > > validation is successful, the user is logged in, and can see this in > > the top-right hand corner of the page. However, the user then sees > > the Special:UserLogin page, which makes it seem as if the user needs > > to login AGAIN, which is not the case. Do you have any advice? I am > > thinking that my two main options are > > 1) to replace the text and layout of Special:UserLogin with something > > else (like "Welcome") or 2) redirect to the Main Page. There is some > > code on http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HttpAuth under > > "Allowing Anonymous Browsing" describing how to handle this > > redirecting but I haven't been able to get it to work yet. > > > > I'd recommend redirecting. You should be able to do this in Apache by > changing: > > <Location /w/Special:UserLogin> > AuthType "basic" > AuthName "wiki" > AuthPAM_Enabled on > AuthPAM_FallThrough Off > SSLRequireSSL > Require valid-user > </Location> > > To: > > <Location /w/Special:UserLogin> > AuthType "basic" > AuthName "wiki" > AuthPAM_Enabled on > AuthPAM_FallThrough Off > SSLRequireSSL > Require valid-user > > Redirect /w/Special:UserLogin https://<servername>/wiki/Main_Page > </Location> > > V/r, > > Ryan Lane _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
