HTTPDUserAdminContrib

Usage

It has been developed and tested for the TWiki-4.2, though may be useable for previous releases.

You receive maximal performance benefit by using the SQL mode, and ensuring {Register}{AllowLoginName} is off (so that the TWikiUsers? topic is not needed to convert login names to Wiki Names.

See the Extensions | HTTPDUserAdminContrib section of configure to set up the specific options.

Text file user store (.htpassword)

run perl -pi~ -e "s/$([^:]*):([^:]*):(.*)^/$1:$2:emails=$3/g" twiki/data/.htpasswd to convert from TWiki's native htpassword format.

From there you can use that file in the Text DBType, use dbmmanage to import it to a DBM file, or run a similar tool to import it into your database.

DBM mode

SQL mode (DBI)

Note that the DB Schema name is set in the top section of the settings (defaults to the .htpasswd filename).

Beware: Do not use table names, or column names that are SQL keywords (such as group)

 CREATE TABLE `db`.`Users` (
 `email` VARCHAR( 256 ) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL ,
 `username` VARCHAR( 256 ) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_bin NOT NULL ,
 `wikiname` VARCHAR( 256 ) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_bin NOT NULL,
 `password` VARCHAR( 32 ) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_bin NOT NULL ,
 `dateregistered` DATE NOT NULL
 ) ENGINE = MYISAM 

 CREATE TABLE `wikiringnet`.`Groups` (
 `groupname` VARCHAR( 256 ) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_bin NOT NULL ,
 `username` VARCHAR( 256 ) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_bin NOT NULL
 ) ENGINE = MYISAM 
 

extra not yet documented functionality

Installation Instructions

1. Install HTTPDUserAdminContrib
2. select TWiki::Users::HTTPDUserAdminContrib in the Security|Passwords|{PasswordManager} selector in Configure
3. then set the appropriate settings in the Exensions|HTTPDUserAdminContrib section of Configure.

You do not need to install anything in the browser to use this extension. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the extension on the server where TWiki is running.

Like many other TWiki extensions, this module is shipped with a fully automatic installer script written using the BuildContrib.

• If you have TWiki 4.2 or later, you can install from the configure interface (Go to Plugins->Find More Extensions)
  • See the installation supplement on TWiki.org for more information.
• If you have any problems, then you can still install manually from the command-line:
  1. Download one of the .zip or .tgz archives
  2. Unpack the archive in the root directory of your TWiki installation.
  3. Run the installer script ( perl <module>_installer )
  4. Run configure and enable the module, if it is a plugin.
  5. Repeat for any missing dependencies.
• If you are still having problems, then instead of running the installer script:
  1. Make sure that the file permissions allow the webserver user to access all files.
  2. Check in any installed files that have existing ,v files in your existing install (take care not to lock the files when you check in)
  3. Manually edit LocalSite.cfg to set any configuration variables.

Contrib Info

Related Topics: TWikiContribs, DeveloperDocumentationCategory, AdminDocumentationCategory, TWikiPreferences