MudConnectorUserPlugin

This plugin supports user management policy when users are authenticated with external db (PhpBB? user database in case of mudconnector.su). On first login, users are asked to perform a quick TWiki registration (actually only selecting their WikiName). After this, they are added to the user mapping? .

Plugin Settings

Plugin settings are stored as preferences variables. To reference a plugin setting write %<plugin>_<setting>%, i.e. %NEWPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION%

• One line description, is shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
  • Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = mudconnector user management

Plugin Installation Instructions

Note: You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this plugin. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the plugin on the TWiki server.

• Download the ZIP file from the Plugin Home (see below)
• Unzip MudConnectorUserPlugin.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content:

  File:	Description:
  data/TWiki/MudConnectorUserPlugin.txt	Plugin topic
  data/TWiki/MudConnectorUserPlugin.txt,v	Plugin topic repository
  lib/TWiki/Plugins/MudConnectorUserPlugin.pm	Plugin Perl module

• Configure the Plugin:
  • TWiki 4.0 and up: Run the configure script to enable the Plugin
  • Change the Plugin settings as needed

Plugin Info

Related Topics: TWikiPlugins, DeveloperDocumentationCategory, AdminDocumentationCategory, TWikiPreferences

-- RuffinaKoza - 16 Jul 2008