Hello fellow Developers.
Together with the move from svn to git I have heard that we also
consider to switch from gna's bug/patch/task tracker to a new one,
most likely hosted on our server which also is the host for the forum,
wiki and homepage.
I think it's a good idea to take the opportunity and implement an
authentication system that can be used to login to all our services,
including (together with the formerly named ones) the login to the mp
server.
For a central auth system ldap (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
has become the defacto standard during the last years.
Thus it is no surprise that there is support for it in every tool we
already use.
Ivanovic suggested the move to "Redmine" as the new bug tracker.
Redmine comes with ldap support as well, but I guess nearly every
reasonable alternative will support it.
I have setup a test system on Baldras, our new server.
It currently consists of a phpbb, mediawiki and the ldap server.
Phpbb's support for ldap is read only, meaning that you can authenticate
against it but not create new users.
Mediawiki on the other hand supports the creation of new ldap users out
of the box.
Thus I suggest to use MW's user creation features for all our services
and disable the user creation in phpbb and the bug tracking system.
It will cause some work and thinking to convert our current user base
into ldap (and sync former wiki accounts with the forum ones) but that's
worth the effort in my opinion.
Regards,
Fabian
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