Ross Xu wrote: > Greetings, > > I have an existing MySQL database for my customer portal website which > includes customers' account info (usernames, and passwords). > > Now, I am configuring my MediaWiki on another machine in the same LAN for > customers. How could I make use of the existing customer portal MySQL > database for my MW user authentication? > > It seems the extension "Auth viaMySQL" could do a similar job, but it's for > the same website (same machine), requires special login/logout script files > for the website, and does NOT tell where/how to connect the existing database. > > What's the trick to use this extension for a MW on a different machine? Or, > is there another way to do user authentication over MySQL? > > Thanks in advance, > Ross
Create an auth plugin, it will be easier http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/AuthPlugin _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
