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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/contrib/unixauth.mdwn | 20 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/unixauth.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/unixauth.mdwn index 76a847744..6108ebfae 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/unixauth.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/unixauth.mdwn @@ -14,25 +14,9 @@ Config variables that affect the behavior of `unixauth`: __Security__: [As with passwordauth](/security/#index14h2), be wary of sending usernames and passwords in cleartext. Unlike passwordauth, sniffing `unixauth` credentials can get an attacker much further than mere wiki access. Therefore, this plugin defaults to not even _displaying_ the login form fields unless we're running under SSL. Nobody should be able to do anything remotely dumb until the admin has done at least a little thinking. After that, dumb things are always possible. ;-) -`unixauth` tests for the presence of the `HTTPS` environment variable. `Wrapper.pm` needs to be tweaked to pass it through; without that, the plugin fails closed. +`unixauth` needs the `HTTPS` environment variable, available in ikiwiki 2.67 or later (fixed in #[502047](http://bugs.debian.org/502047)), without which it fails closed. -[[!toggle id="diff" text="Wrapper.pm.diff"]] - -[[!toggleable id="diff" text=""" - - --- Wrapper.pm.orig 2008-07-29 00:09:10.000000000 -0400 - +++ Wrapper.pm - @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sub gen_wrapper () { - my @envsave; - push @envsave, qw{REMOTE_ADDR QUERY_STRING REQUEST_METHOD REQUEST_URI - CONTENT_TYPE CONTENT_LENGTH GATEWAY_INTERFACE - - HTTP_COOKIE REMOTE_USER} if $config{cgi}; - + HTTP_COOKIE REMOTE_USER HTTPS} if $config{cgi}; - my $envsave=""; - foreach my $var (@envsave) { - $envsave.=<<"EOF" - -"""]] +The plugin has not been tested with newer versions of ikiwiki. [[schmonz]] hopes to have time to polish this plugin soon. [[!toggle id="code" text="unixauth.pm"]] |