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A framework for external authentication
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7 votes
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A couple of similar ideas have already been submitted, but this is broader: Add a set of hooks, to be used by plugins, that can replace the user-authentication methods found in the MyBB core (namely, against a password-hash stored in the database) with something else. I'm specifically thinking of PAM, in the case of an *nix server, but the idea is that this would be implemented in a plugin that simply used those hooks. That way (for example) an instance on a Windows server could use Windows credentials, or a MyBB instance could be set up to authenticate users against the LDAP directory that someone is /already using/ as part of a single-sign-on solution, in each case by using a suitable plugin. As things stand, one would have to write a mod to achieve similar functionality, and then maintain it against any changes between MyBB versions. As there are already ideas with the titles "Adding the authentication method LDAP Directory", and "Alternate Authentication Methods for AdminCP", there is clearly a demand for something like this. It also would bring MyBB one step closer to usability in a Single Sign-On environment.
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