Extension talk:IPBAuthLogin

Just want to ask how this plugin does or does not manipulate the session timer for members logged into the wiki. I notice it is very short, and I am constantly getting timeouts when making edits while logged in. I was hoping that this extension would allow timers to be set only for forum-wiki sessions for members so that I don't need to set it globally via PHP (I don't want super long sessions of forums and other areas).

On another note: I love that this extension essentially implements SSO. Members with forum accounts are logged into the wiki on visit ... assuming that the forum session cookie is required first, but then golden.

just to button this up: session timers are dictated by PHP

I'm getting ready to upgrade software, and I have several IPS instances installed. How the heck does this extension know which one to use? I see no option to declare the IPS DB or ww file path.

I figured it out ... need to update the following values for my situation. I think it would be a good idea to update the instructions to explicitly call this out. Also, I assume that $wgIPBDBHost can be commented(?) or set to 'localhost' if the forum is on the same host as the wiki instance to which this extension applies:

Presently:

$wgIPBDBHost = 'forum_db_host';

$wgIPBDBUsername = 'forum_db_username'; // this account only needs SELECT access to forum DB

$wgIPBDBPassword = 'forum_db_password';

$wgIPBDBDatabase = 'forum_db_name';

Clearer:

$wgIPBDBHost = 'add_your_forum_db_host_name'; // comment if forum host is same as wiki host

$wgIPBDBUsername = 'add_your_forum_db_username'; // this account only needs SELECT access to forum DB

$wgIPBDBPassword = 'add_your_forum_db_password';

$wgIPBDBDatabase = 'add_your_forum_db_name';

Also should mention that this extension name and loader name, 'IPBAuthLogin' are not consistent with the calls within the code 'IPBLoginAuth', so this probably should be fixed.

Hi guys

Is there any way to integrate this with IPB 4.1?

Thanks