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----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Francois Piette > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:49 AM > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > 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. > > Thanks, > -- > [email protected] > The author of the freeware multi-tier middleware MidWare > The author of the freeware Internet Component Suite (ICS) > http://www.overbyte.be > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >
As far as logging logins/logouts, there's the "StalkerLog" extension I wrote. -Chad _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
