[TYPO3-UG Australia] Single sign-on between Mediawiki and Typo3

[Ingmar Schlecht]

Hi Lewis,

have a look at http://www.single-signon.com/

cheers
Ingmar

Lewis Jones schrieb:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm trying to create a Typo3 site that integrates MediaWiki with a
> single sign-on.  The reason is that I want a wiki for which people can
> tick the 'watch this page box' and receive notification when something
> changes.  That feature is not available in the dr_wiki extension.  It
> would also be nice to be able to upload images rather than only link to
> them.
> 
> Of course, my problem could be solved by hacking a 'watch this page'
> check box into the extension, but that, I'm guessing is beyond my
> capabilities; although, if someone could outline what needed to be done,
> I might have a crack at it.
> 
> There is a bit on the web about single sign-ons with packages other than
> Typo3, but I am too much of a Typo3/MediaWiki/PHP novice to get from the
> general principles to the details of what it would look like for Typo3.
> 
> There are, at least, two different philosophies:
> 1. share the user table from Typo3 with additional fields for MediaWiki
> and add an appropriate action to the login form so that your Typo3 login
> is applied to MediaWiki as well
> 
> 2. Share nothing, but have the Typo3 login call a script that creates
> users in MediaWiki for first time logins, but also opens a separate
> session in MediaWiki at the same time, as above.
> 
> The only real discussions I have found are for option 2.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Cheers,
> Lewis
> 
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