On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Christensen, Courtney
<[email protected]> wrote:
> If you use some other form of authentication you can probably get what you 
> want.  Doesn't Active Directory log more than you need to know about users?  
> Try using, looking at, or writing an Auth extension.
>
> -Courtney
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Francois Piette
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:49 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Last login time
>
> Hello Brion,
>
>>> I would like to query the wiki database to get a list of users
>>> with their last login time.
>>>
>>> The user table doesn't have a field for last login. Maybe the
>>> information is somewhere in the logging table ?
>
>> Logins are not logged as such by MediaWiki.
>
> OK. Maybe there is a hook somewhere to plug in some extension to do that
> login ?
>
>
>> Note that the user_touched cache invalidation timestamp updates on
>> logins, preference changes, notifications, etc, but doesn't necessarily
>> imply an action by the user themselves.
>
> Indeed.
>
>> Note also that any particular session doesn't necessarily require going
>> through the login form, as with a saved login token a user may remain
>> logged in for up to a month within the same browser.
>
> Same question as above : is there a hook somewhere to plug in an extension
> that would log the user validation ? Even if the browser "remember"
> (cookie) that a user is already authenticated, that must be surely
> verified within the wiki. At this could be the place to log each access.
>
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As far as logging logins/logouts, there's the "StalkerLog" extension I wrote.

-Chad

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