Support questions on Category Authentication

Question with Status:	TWiki:	Last Update:	Last Author:
twiki apache redirect to login script for any url	5.1.0	r9 - 2012-02-02 - 16:51	EnriqueCadalso
Hi, Can some one please explain steps to configure apache to make twiki site redirect to login script for authentication ...
Passthrough Authentication	5.1.0	r3 - 2012-01-23 - 19:43	PeterThoeny
Hi All, I have TWiki (v5) working and authenticating via LDAP (Active D), I am now looking at pass through authentication ...
Problem in Twiki and AD integration.	5.0.1	r5 - 2011-09-08 - 02:27	PeterThoeny
Dear All, I have installed Twiki 5.0 on Centos. I have configured Twiki apache authendication. It is working fine with the ...
Setup twiki admin user for edit page view and http users for	5.0.2	r8 - 2011-07-14 - 17:45	PeterThoeny
Hi, I need some setup for twiki. twiki is installed on my linux and httpd basic authentication is enabled for the site. By ...
LDAP Security		r6 - 2011-07-08 - 00:39	PeterThoeny
I #39;m thinking about using Twiki with my existing LDAP server and I security is my top concern. I saw that Twiki has the ...
"The Administrator has disabled new user registration. "	5.0.1	r4 - 2011-07-08 - 00:33	PeterThoeny
For the life of me I can #39;t figure out why im getting this in response to new user registrations. In lib/LocalSite.cfg ...
Allow anonymous editing	5.0.1	r2 - 2011-06-16 - 04:59	PeterThoeny
Hello All, I would like one topic (and that that topic alone) to be edited by anyone without logging into the TWiki. Reading ...
I can log in, but TWiki still thinks I am Guest	5.0.1	r12 - 2011-05-02 - 02:03	PeterThoeny
I have installed TWiki 5.0.1, Sun, 10 Oct 2010, build 19570 on a Windows Vista. (I also have a operational TWiki 4.3.1 running ...
User registration and logging in without email component	5.0.1	r8 - 2011-05-02 - 01:42	PeterThoeny
Hi, I have read about Template and Apache login in the doc. Both seem to need the user to receive the activate link by ...
twiki-vm administrator username	5.0.1	r9 - 2011-05-02 - 01:39	PeterThoeny
I have started twiki using the debian twiki virtual machine but i cannot gain administrator access to set a user as administrator ...
Wiki password problem	5.0.1	r4 - 2011-05-02 - 01:36	PeterThoeny
I have tested twiki 4.2 to 5.0.1 and they have the ability to allow someone to pad their password with extra data. For example ...
LDAPNumericUserCausesRCSErrors	5.0.1	r4 - 2011-05-02 - 01:36	PeterThoeny
Hello. I #39;m trying to get LDAP authentication working, in preparation of pointing our stuff at Active Directory in the ...
Issue - Registration has been temporarily disabled	4.3.2	r4 - 2011-04-13 - 02:03	JasonCong
Hi, I have installed the Twiki 4.3.2 community module. I am getting the "Sorry, registration has been temporarily disabled ...
LDAP Authentication, NewUserPlugin and Errors	5.0.0	r8 - 2011-02-21 - 02:54	PeterThoeny
I am trying to install LDAP Authentication and have the NewUserPlugin create the TWikiUsers entries and the individual user ...
Authentication Username - Email Address to WikiWord	5.0.1	r3 - 2011-02-21 - 02:53	PeterThoeny
We are authenticating via LDAP, and thus the username (REMOTE USER) is an email address in the form of john.doe #64;domainPLEASENOSPAM ...
Use of WikiName or account name in METADATA	4.3.2	r4 - 2011-01-04 - 07:38	PeterThoeny
For a given topic the authors name is stored in the METADATA like %META:TOPICINFO{author ... The format of the name is currently ...
Twiki 5.0 on VM	5.0.0	r3 - 2010-11-08 - 16:56	PeterThoeny
Hello! I have installed the VM version of twiki and I used the tutorial to upgrade to 4.3.1 (awesome). So I was curious ...
Problem Adding UserId to password System	4.2.4	r6 - 2010-09-15 - 17:50	PeterThoeny
Hi, I managed to get Twiki up and running onto my server Did the intial config alright, now i am having problems registering ...
TwikiUserMapping does not work	5.0.0	r5 - 2010-09-10 - 13:00	MichaelEngel
I have changed my Wiki installation from Version 4.1.2 to 5.0.0. I work with NTLM for single sign on. With 4.1.2 it works ...
LdapUserMapping not working after upgrade to 5.0.0	5.0.0	r2 - 2010-08-16 - 13:13	ThomasBAndersen
I recently upgraded our TWiki 4.2.1 to 5.0.0, and now loginnames are no longer resolved to WikiNames when logged in. When ...
Authenticate TWiki Users on Windows AD server.	4.3.2	r3 - 2010-06-14 - 23:14	PeterThoeny
Hello, I have setup TWiki on an Ubuntu Server. I want to set it up in such a way that the users when they signin on TWiki ...
Perl code to call TWiki URL, HTTPS/SSL, with authentication	4.3.0	r9 - 2010-05-02 - 01:30	PeterThoeny
Request Perl code sample to invoke TWiki URL using HTTPS/SSL and handle the username/password prompt? I'm using TWiki Version ...
Authentication force viewauth	4.3.1	r5 - 2010-05-02 - 01:22	PeterThoeny
Hi I want to know if i can force viewauth for a certain topic. I wrote a modification for access control in twiki, which ...
User Mapping - Filtering REMOTE_USER	4.3.2	r5 - 2010-02-02 - 06:15	PeterThoeny
I am a TWiki newbie, trying to get SSO working with my company #39;s AD implementation. I have successfully created a kerberos ...
Active Directory LdapContrib Authentication Problem	4.3.1	r5 - 2010-02-02 - 06:14	PeterThoeny
I am attempting to get authentication with Active Directory working on my twiki using the latest version of LdapContrib and ...
ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = TWikiGuest	4.3.2	r2 - 2010-02-02 - 06:11	PeterThoeny
If I have a whole web blocked by: Set ALLOWWEBVIEW MyGroup Set ALLOWWEBCHANGE MyGroup Set ALLOWWEBRENAME ...
emails empty when using Ldap	4.3.2	r2 - 2010-01-22 - 13:13	BenBomgardner
I am unable to retrieve the email address for users from the ldap cache via USERINFO or LDAPUSERS. As far as I can tell ...
I cannot logon Twiki, even though I have a ID with registor	4.3.2	r4 - 2010-01-03 - 00:48	PeterThoeny
I use #34;TWiki::Client::TemplateLogin #34;. Using the registration form, I made New userID and I got the mail. So, there ...
Cannot login when accessing twiki through secured proxy	4.2.4	r2 - 2010-01-03 - 00:44	PeterThoeny
Hi, I having a problem when I use my twiki behind a certain type of secured proxy. The twiki is working fine directly and ...
Incorrect user META info when saving pages	4.3.1	r6 - 2009-12-03 - 05:59	PeterThoeny
I am upgrading from TWiki 4.1.2 to 4.3.1 and got most everything working except one problem that I cannot find a solution ...
Turnkey - Problem accessing Configure	4.1.2	r4 - 2009-11-30 - 15:43	BillMontgomery
This may be similar (I hope) to an answered question for another environment but I don #39;t see any other mention of Turnkey ...
TWikiRegistration failed. Action "VIEW": access not allowed	4.1.0	r2 - 2009-11-23 - 01:45	PeterThoeny
I ran: find data name #39; ,v #39; exec rcs u M #39;{} #39; \; find pub name #39; ,v #39; exec rcs ...
Password reset failed	4.3.2	r2 - 2009-11-19 - 16:20	KeithFuller
Hi All I am getting the following error after some issues with TWIKI, now all the users except 2 cannot access the system ...
Module Function Overriding	4.3.2	r8 - 2009-10-22 - 18:00	PeterThoeny
Hi Twiki Community. I'm working on an additional module for the user mapping process. We're using ADFS and Single Sing On ...
The entry for user X was missing in the password system	4.3.1	r2 - 2009-09-05 - 19:51	PeterThoeny
I am getting #34;The entry for user Test2User2 was missing in the password system. #34; for all users when I try to reset ...
Forgotten the main admin password!	4.3.1	r2 - 2009-09-05 - 19:28	PeterThoeny
Is the password set in (bin/configure) the same as (twiki admin password) as I’ve forgotten the (twiki admin password)? And ...
Configuration password problem!	4.3.1	r2 - 2009-09-05 - 19:24	PeterThoeny
Hi, Everytime when i change some settings on bin/configure page and i want to save it. i keyed the password on the #34;Your ...
Uncertain behaviour of Twiki-LDAP Integration.	4.2.3	r3 - 2009-09-05 - 19:21	PeterThoeny
I am using LdapContrib for TWiki LDAP integration.Some how I have configured LdapContrib.But i am confused with its uncertain ...
Changing a user's email address	4.2.0	r2 - 2009-08-12 - 20:47	PeterThoeny
1 A user forgot his password and asked me to reset it. 1 I filled out the password reset form for him. 1 He didn ...
Error in handling user object	4.3.0	r3 - 2009-06-02 - 05:13	PeterThoeny
Hello all together! I have written a second type of search; a search that looks inside of attached htm files for a requested ...
Getting Registration page instead of Login	4.1.2	r3 - 2009-06-02 - 05:12	PeterThoeny
I have just switched from TemplateLogin to ApacheLogin and have one niggling problem. If #34;ErrorDocument 401 /twiki/bin ...
Access Denied Error	4.2.4	r9 - 2009-06-02 - 04:41	PeterThoeny
Guys, I am a first time user for twiki and having problems with registration. I successfully installed 4.2 version on linux ...
Session Issue with Usernames	4.1.1	r3 - 2009-05-02 - 02:16	PeterThoeny
When users go to other webs and/or topics, they see the name of the last editor of said web or topic as logged in (on the ...
Using secure LDAP auth	4.2.4	r2 - 2009-04-17 - 01:59	PeterThoeny
Does anybody see something wrong/missing in my twiki.conf file? I get the error message "ldap simple bind s() failed Can ...
Reset Password Problem	4.1.2	r3 - 2009-04-17 - 01:57	PeterThoeny
When I try to Reset the password of any user using ResetPassword, I get forwarded to the Webhome i.e. http://a.b.c.d/twiki ...
Integrating asp.net and twiki authentication	4.2.4	r5 - 2009-04-17 - 01:43	PeterThoeny
Hello, we have developed an NET application and would like to use TWiki to publish online help for this app. The NET application ...
Twiki Authentication doesn't work properly	4.3.0	r3 - 2009-04-14 - 21:04	VladimirGlazachev
Hi. Twiki 4.3.0 I have .htpasswd file which include users (like this: abcde:xxxxxxxxxxxx:abcde@example.com) I set authentication ...
registration_enabled not returning true	4.2.4	r5 - 2009-03-27 - 18:03	JohnCherry
Hi, We have LDAP authentication set up but registration is still required which is great. However, after authentication, ...
Problem with Configuration on RedHat Linux		r3 - 2009-02-27 - 13:18	SanjeevJha77
I had installed Twiki 4.2 on my linux and it was running fine. I just tried to install one plug in for creating windows explorer ...
On logon on my local wiki getting error - Oops: we could not		r8 - 2009-02-19 - 20:24	PeterThoeny
I have successfully configured Twiki on my windows server. I am able to create user and logon with admin account. But when ...
Never Prompted for Login	4.1.0	r12 - 2009-01-18 - 05:04	PeterThoeny
Whenever a user should be prompted to Log in no prompt is given and instead an error page is displayed with Access Denied ...
Incomplete User Registration	4.2.4	r2 - 2009-01-16 - 23:23	PeterThoeny
Hi I must not have completed my first user registration. My email server info had not been entered at the time. Now I have ...
Switch to Digest Authentication	4.1.0	r13 - 2009-01-15 - 18:35	PeterThoeny
My twiki has been running using basic authentication and i've been trying to find out how to switch it to use digest authentication ...

Number of questions: 53

Legacy questions

Question with Status:	TWiki:	Last Update:	Last Author:
PermissionDeniedByLoginManager		r9 - 2011-11-21 - 06:34	PeterThoeny
Question Folks have sporadically been getting this error on our twiki. A refresh often makes it go away. It basically looks ...
AbyssUserAuthentication		r5 - 2010-12-22 - 21:04	ArchnaAgarwal
Question I use TWiki as a personal site on my home PC net with Abyss webserver. http://www.aprelium.com/ I would like to ...
HowToSetSkinSpecificToGroup		r12 - 2010-09-14 - 23:00	PeterThoeny
Question Would it be possible to set a skin specific to a group rather than to a user? Example: default skin for myweb ...
WebLeftBarMissingWebs		r11 - 2009-09-05 - 19:41	PeterThoeny
Question Given a site with multiple webs with various visibility access, not all webs visible to a user appears on the left ...
RcsErrorWithTWikiOnSolaris		r19 - 2009-08-25 - 21:16	PeterThoeny
Question I am getting the following error with RCS and Twiki /usr/local/bin/rcs i t none ko % F% of .../Main/EcmProjectManager ...
DefaultGroup		r4 - 2009-08-10 - 09:35	ChristophSchmitz
Question Is it possible to have new users automatically added to a pre defined default group when they register? Currently ...
HowToChangeTheLdapUserPasswd		r4 - 2009-07-28 - 22:17	AlexeyDegtyarev
Question The password manager of my twiki is LDAP, and I installed the LDAPPasswordChangerPlugin. The LDAP user can login ...
TwikiAuthenticationWithSSPI		r8 - 2009-04-02 - 07:56	PeterThoeny
Question Hi all, I have set up twiki on a windows 2003 server using the windows install package and it is working fine. I ...
AuthenticationWithApacheAndLDAP		r19 - 2009-03-15 - 05:09	VimalGNathan
Question How do you get LDAP Authentication working on Apache? 1. You need to load the following modules in Apache httpd ...
BulkRegistrationwithReadonlySecur		r3 - 2009-01-05 - 14:52	RetoGantenbein
Question Hello, we're running a TWiki with 400 users. The authentication is done by Apache and our LDAP. We used to use ...
HowToApproveRegistration		r5 - 2008-12-05 - 17:36	PeterThoeny
Question I was wondering if there was a way to approve all registration requests. My server is only for the use of Researchers ...
AuthenticationWIthSessionInPhp		r5 - 2008-10-21 - 11:44	SvenDowideit
Question i am running a web site written in php where login is stored in SESSION array i need to have the following authenticaltion ...
ContinuallyPromptedToLogin		r13 - 2008-09-28 - 19:40	OlivierThompson
Question Hi there, I got to work today and found that, even logged in as TWikiAdminUser, every edit I try to make is accompanied ...
LoggingInTakesMultipleAttempts		r7 - 2008-08-19 - 07:14	PeterThoeny
Question We have a problem with our TWiki 4.1.2 installation. $TWiki::cfg{LoginManager} 'TWiki::Client::TemplateLogin' ...
AuthScriptsInactiveWhenApacheLogin		r2 - 2008-08-12 - 19:01	SeanCMorgan
Question The configure script documents AuthScripts as such : Comma separated list of scripts that require the user to ...
ChangeAuthenticationVariable		r4 - 2008-08-07 - 16:08	AdamRoybal
Question I would like to use and Kerberos in front of TWiki to authenticate users. The problem is that we can't easily set ...
AccessGroupViewOkButEditKo		r2 - 2008-08-07 - 08:12	TWikiGuest
Question Hello, Here is the problem:I'am setting up twiki 4.2.1 with LdapContrib authentification. Authentication is working ...
INCArrayPerlProblems		r3 - 2008-07-29 - 17:24	DanielKidger
Question I recently piloted a TWikiVMDebianStable for our company to evaluate. After getting that working, I then upgraded ...
UnableToRemoveOrViewUser		r5 - 2008-07-24 - 14:29	JamesRJMorris
Question Hi, I've created a new user on my TWiki site called "James Morris". I can log on fine with this user, however cannot ...
MoveUserpagesToAnotherWeb		r7 - 2008-07-16 - 21:51	KiviShapiro
Question I would like to move the user pages out from the Main Web to another f.e. internal Web. I have an internel Web, ...
WikiNameForSSLCertificateUsers		r2 - 2008-07-06 - 01:42	OlivierThompson
Question Hello, I have a new twiki where the users are identified in https mode by their personal certificate's DN, which ...
HowToMapTWikiNameFromUserName		r3 - 2008-06-26 - 13:55	PrajishS
Question Hello, Here is the scenario. We use usernames instead of TWikiNames to login. The user authentication is done using ...
InitialNonRootLogin		r3 - 2008-06-06 - 01:29	PeterThoeny
Question Hello, I am trying to run the configure script via my url. However, it wants me to enter a username and password ...
HowToUseWindowsVariableUSERNAME		r3 - 2008-06-03 - 00:41	PeterThoeny
Question I've lost a previous installation of TWiki from 2004 which was running pretty flawlessly. User registration was ...
AuthenticationAndCorporateAdoption		r9 - 2008-05-24 - 01:20	PeterThoeny
TWiki and Intranet seamless authentication revisited I would like to once again perhaps from a more strategic angle to ...
HowtoCustomizeLoginPage		r3 - 2008-05-21 - 11:27	DavidDevejian
Question How can one customize the Login Page. I am using Template Login, but I cant seem to figureout how to edit the web ...
LogonBeforeFormSubmit		r5 - 2008-05-16 - 13:42	ThomasSchodt
Question I'm working with the VotePlugin and find that TWikiGuest is allowed to vote if the user has not logged on prior ...
RegistrationLockedOut		r2 - 2008-05-08 - 03:41	WilliamYates
Question I currently have 4.1.2 running on a RHEL4 server and the install and maintenance of the server is pretty easy. However ...
BrokenConfigureNextButton		r3 - 2008-05-07 - 02:50	RedByer
Question Not sure how or what I did, but I broke the "NEXT" button on the configure page. I've checked all the logs (apache ...
StopUsersCreatingPageInTheNormalWay		r6 - 2008-05-02 - 01:25	PeterThoeny
Question Hi all, I want to stop users creating page using the normal method. For creating page on our web in twiki we use ...
WikiUserNameLoginNameConfusion		r19 - 2008-04-19 - 21:24	SteveJonesST
Question Hi. Please help enlighten me I am very confused about WikiNames and login names, and how they map. I've been using ...
ResetPasswordFailure		r3 - 2008-04-17 - 21:21	PhilipNelson
Question I've installed Twiki 4.2 on a Solaris system using the Solaris 10 cookbook. I'm using template logins with htpasswd ...
HowToScriptPageModification		r12 - 2008-04-13 - 08:53	BramVanOosterhout
Question I want to write a script to modify an existing TWiki topic. (I'm open to using a shell script with curl, or Python ...
SingleSignOnHelp		r8 - 2008-04-09 - 20:23	AnthonyEgerstaffer
Question I have everything configured on my twiki but getting a single signon to work. My problem is I can not get the REMOTE ...
MappedNetworkDriveAccessProblem		r5 - 2008-04-03 - 05:53	PeterThoeny
Question I am having an issue on my Windows TWiki 4.2, where the TWiki can't see or access any files on a mapped network ...
InstallingNetLDAPonWindows		r5 - 2008-03-18 - 16:09	EnriqueCadalso
Question Installed TWiki 4.2 on a Windows 2003 Server / Have Cygwin installed on the server / Trying to install LDAPContrib ...
EmailAddressAsLoginForSSO		r4 - 2008-03-13 - 22:00	DenisLeclerc
Question This issue was originally brought up in EmailAddressAsLogin We will introduce single sign on (SSO) and using the ...
PasswordsNotWorking		r2 - 2008-03-13 - 21:53	PeterThoeny
Question Is there a way to reset passwords? I inherited the company's Twiki and none of the passwords work. Is there a default ...
ViewDifferentLeftBars		r3 - 2008-03-08 - 20:27	ArthurClemens
Question I have made 2 different LeftBars containing different page liks. I want to create an if statement to decide which ...
LoginProblem		r6 - 2008-03-02 - 01:53	PeterThoeny
Question hi i have successfully installed and configured TWiki ....... thing is dat i am able to succesfully register a ...
HowToMigrateFromBasicAuthToLDAP		r10 - 2008-03-02 - 00:48	PeterThoeny
Question I set up TWiki a few months ago and it has been working great. The users are happy and information gets added to ...
HaveToAuthenticateTwice		r3 - 2008-02-28 - 21:21	NickNielson
Question In configure, we have chosen TWiki::Client::TemplateLogin to have people log in via the twiki template, but when ...
LdapContribProblem		r4 - 2008-02-21 - 07:45	MartinKaufmann
Question I've some problems configuring ldapcontrib in my environment. I'm not sure if the plugin is connecting with ldap ...
DisableLdapContribBuildingOfOwnCache		r7 - 2008-02-20 - 23:35	ShivaGoudarzi
Question For the LDAP Guru: How can we manually configure at the code level the LdapContrib plugin to never build its own ...
PersonalInfoDirectSearchWithLDAP		r4 - 2008-02-17 - 05:27	DeanSpicer
Question I'm trying to integrate our LDAP server with the PersonalInfoAddOn, and for the most part everything works. I've ...
SetMaxCacheAgeToInfinite		r7 - 2008-02-14 - 10:35	MichaelDaum
Question Relative to the LdapContrib Plugin, how do we default the #8220;$TWiki::cfg{Ldap}{MaxCacheAge} #8221; value to ...
UnlockOnePageInWeb		r3 - 2008-02-11 - 03:05	VickiBrown
Question We have a "locked web". ALLOWEBVIEW is set to a particular group. I want to make the nop WebHome page viewable ...
LdapContribAuthProblemOracleOID		r8 - 2008-02-08 - 20:22	ShivaGoudarzi
Question To the esteemed TWiki gurus: How do we use LDAPContrib with TWiki for basic LDAP authentication? We are newbies ...
NoWikinameWithLDAPContribLogin		r6 - 2008-02-08 - 12:02	ChristophEigenseder
Question I have successfully installed LDAPContrib. Login works but the Loginname is not mapped to a WikiName. In my cfg ...
LdapContribNotCallingServerToAuth		r2 - 2008-01-17 - 08:45	MichaelDaum
Question Maybe I am wrong in my understanding of what LdapContrb does but my understanding is I can use it to authenticate ...

Total number of questions: 103

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