Question

I am using AuthCAS (Single Sign-On) through apache to authenticate my TWiki. Currently when the users register their login name doesn't properly get mapped to their WikiName and it must be fixed manually. E.g. in the users topic it goes in as <WikiName> - <Date> instead of <WikiName>  - <LoginName> - <Date>. I have enabled the usermappings and such in the config, and the registration page shows the correct login name automatically. It just doesn't seem to get set. The basic instructions I followed are https://mams.melcoe.mq.edu.au/zope/mams/pubs/Installation/shib-twiki/document_view

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-- EricFaden - 09 Jan 2007

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From a quick glance through those instructions, it appears there is a hack to Register.pm to make it obtain the login name from remote_user. If you got your apache config wrong and the registration is run without being logged in to the webserver, then remote_user will be blank. In this case the hack overwrites the login name entered in the form with a null value, and registration proceeds with no login name. This will give the result you are seeing.

Make sure that you are prompted to log in before it allows you to register.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 10 Jan 2007

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-- PeterThoeny - 02 Mar 2007