SID-01046: Authentication Username - Email Address to WikiWord

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	5.0.1	Perl version:
Category:	CategoryAuthentication	Server OS:	RedHat Linux	Last update:	15 years ago

We are authenticating via LDAP, and thus the username (REMOTE_USER) is an email address in the form of john.doe@domainPLEASENOSPAM.com. We would like the usernames to be in the wikiword format - JohnDoe. Is there any way to use the LocalSite.cfg to change the username automatically? Or do we have to modify the TWikiUserMapping.pm?

-- GavinRehkemper - 2010-12-02

Discussion and Answer

Install the RequireRegistrationPlugin that forces users to register the first time they hit edit on a TWiki page. Set the {Register}{AllowLoginName} configure flag to allow mapping of login name to WikiName. With these two, you can delegate the mapping to the default TWikiUserMapping manager, e.g. the registration page can ask for login name (which you can pre-fill based on REMOTE_USER) and WikiName, and the mapping is stored in the Main.TWikiUsers topic. You might need to set {PasswordManager} to TWiki::Users::LdapUser.

-- PeterThoeny - 2010-12-03

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