Title: Re: [xdi] [wiki] Editor names
On the 'he who speaks first'
principle, and since I'm decent with Python, do you mind if I give a go at
creating a fix? I already have a Moin-Moin/Apache installation on my home
server, so I would not need to experiment on the XDI Wiki until/unless I got it
to the point of working on my home server. I don't know I'll have any more
progress than what's already been accomplished, but I'd like to give it a try.
Unless I hear otherwise I'll start on this over the weekend.
Thanks,
Bill Barnhill
Senior Consultant (XML, Emerging
Technologies, Web Services, Java)
Booz | Allen |
Hamilton
mailto:
phone:+1.315.330.7386
From: Rob Figenbaum
[mailto:]
Sent: Thu 6/30/2005 11:16
AM
To: Barnhill William
Cc:
Subject: Re: [xdi] [wiki] Editor
names
Hi William,
The OASIS IT team has been investigating this
issue and unfortunately
have not been able to resolve to it. I have been the
main engineer on
the wiki project and have been in constant touch, via IRC,
with the moin
folks to try and figure this out. But, again we have hit
roadblocks
there as well. MoinMoin is written in python which none of the
personnel
at OASIS have much experience in but we are in the process of
learning it.
Here is what we have so far;
1. The optimal solution
is to just pass the user name from the HTTP auth
session into moin. We have
been able to semi-successfully accomplish
that via the wiki logs. But, we can
not get that info in the log
displayed in the wiki. The wiki seems to be
stuck on using "user_id"
which does not get created using this
method.
2. The second option is to apply an "auto-account" patch which
takes the
HTTP_auth info and automatically creates a MoinMoin account
with
user_id. We applied this patch and it seems to work but breaks
other
things. The patch seems to break open (userless, anonymous) read
only.
Python errors out because the name=NONE. If we can get the
open
read-only to work then this solution could be feasible. The
negative
parts of this solution is having a Moin user database where one is
not
needed nor wanted.
3. The last option is what we are doing now.
Having the ip_address show
and reconciling the logs for a name if problems
arise. But, this
involves my team getting involved where we would prefer not
to.
If you or anybody you know has experience with python and is willing
to
donate some expertise I would be open for that.
Barnhill William
wrote:
> Is there any way we could have the Wiki track who edited
pages by the
> authenticated user name? The info's in the GET headers, at
the worst
> it would seem to require a simple Moin-Moin plugin, and at
best (and I
> suspect more likely) someone's already figured out how to do
this.
>
> I personally use this as a reference to see who to
ask if I have
> questions, and also if I know a particular person is
working on
> something I can just look for their name on recent
changes.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bill
Barnhill
> Senior Consultant (XML, Emerging Technologies, Web Services,
Java)
> Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> mailto:
>
phone:+1.315.330.7386
--
Rob Figenbaum
Manager of Technology
Services
OASIS
978-667-5115 x205
