Hi Dilipkumar, On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Dilipkumar Jadhav < jadhav.dilipku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello folks, > > XWiki REST authentication can be BASIC authentication or XWiki browser > sessions. Found XWIKI-3268 (http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-3268) > which stated the same. However is there a possibility to add > username/password used by the XWiki users into the HTTPClient > authentication > methods. > > At present, BASIC authentication would mean creating a username/password > again for the users. And relying on cookies mechanism requires that the > XWiki user should be logged into XWiki through a browser before s/he can > make REST requests. Either ways, an http client won't be able to > authenticate users without making them put an extra effort to login > manually > somewhere. > As far as I know, your BASIC authentication username / password are the same as your standard XWiki Username / Password. That is, if an user has a XWiki account, he can login through basic authentication using that same account. Thus you don't need to create a new account / password for your users. Guillaume > Please let me know your views on this one & If there is a work around to > this. > > Thank you guys. > > > > > > Regards, > > Dilipkumar Jadhav > > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki SAS Skype: wikibc Twitter: glerouge http://guillaumelerouge.com/ _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
