FreeLists / dokuwiki / [dokuwiki] Re: trustExternal, existing cookies

[Brett Fountain <email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is my problem so strange or difficult?  Is that why nobody is answering?

It looks as though DokuWiki was designed with modular functions to  
make this happen, but I need to see a working example or else some  
documentation that is a lot clearer than what I've found so far.
Thank you ~
Brett




On Sep 27, 2007, at 9:43 AM, Brett Fountain wrote:

> Thank you, Bob, Andi ~
>
> Yes, this is exactly the case in my scenario.  The cookies *are*  
> set on the same domain as the wiki installation.
> I just have not yet found sufficient documentation for me to  
> understand the DokuWiki hooks for auth/trustExternal/cookies.  I've  
> sent emails to a couple of people -- even offered to buy some  
> beer ;) -- but was directed to this mailing list instead.  I  
> searched the mailing list archives before posting here, as well as  
> the forum, and I can't find any solutions... only other people  
> talking about their troubles with the same thing.
> If there were a working example, I'd love to see its URL and its  
> PHP code.
> Thank you! ~
> Brett
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:17 AM, Andreas Gohr wrote:
>
> > Bob McConnell writes:
> >
> > > Brett Fountain wrote:
> > > >  Hello ~
> > > > I want to DokuWiki to use external cookie authentication:  
> > > > considering someone "authenticated" if they have certain cookies  
> > > > (name, email, groups) already set when they come to the wiki.   
> > > > If they don't yet have those cookies set, I want the wiki to  
> > > > bump them to a URL where they'll be authenticated.  Seems easy  
> > > > enough, eh?
> > > You might wish to reconsider this. Most browsers can be  
> > > configured so they will only return cookies to the server that  
> > > set them. So your wiki will never see those authentication  
> > > cookies from the other server. This is a natural form of  
> > > protection developed to protect from scripts that invoke hidden  
> > > cross site links in order to plant a virus on your computer.
> > Right, cookies can only be shared when the applications involved  
> > are browsed through the same domain. Brett, is this the case in  
> > your scenario?
> > Andi
> >
> >
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