> I tried to enable kerberos login in mediawiki.
> I followed the instructions on the wiki but for version
> 1.15.3 it looks
> like it is not working.
> The problemare the lines to add to LocalSettings.php for the HttpAuth
> extension
>
> session_start();
> if ((!empty($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']) &&
> !empty($_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'])) || $_COOKIE[$wgDBserver .
> 'UserID']) {
> require_once("$IP/extensions/HttpAuthPlugin.php");
> $wgAuth = new HttpAuthPlugin();
> $wgHooks['AutoAuthenticate'][] =
> array($wgAuth,'autoAuthenticate');
> }
>
>
> He does not like $_COOKIE[$wgDBserver . 'UserID']
>
> but removing it does not solve the problem.
>
>
>
>
> [Tue May 18 12:18:10 2010] [error] PHP Notice: Undefined index:
> localhostUserID in /var/www/html/wiki/LocalSettings.php on line 135
>
> Anyone has been succesful in adding Kerberos login capability with
> MediaWiki 1.15.3 ?
>
The HttpAuth plugin isn't terribly nice.
The LDAP plugin supports Kerberos authentication, but also assumes you are
using LDAP as well. It may be a little difficult to set up initially, but it
is a lot more reliable and stable than the HttpAuth plugin. See the
following page for Kerberos examples:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LDAP_Authentication/Kerberos_Configu
ration_Examples
Respectfully,
Ryan Lane
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