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mediawiki/auth-remote-user
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A Mediawiki extension to allow for authentication via webserver's REMOTE\_AUTH (i.e. with kerberos) functionality.

1.0.0(2y ago)1241[2 issues](https://github.com/oetterer/AuthRemoteUser/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/oetterer/AuthRemoteUser/pulls)GPL-2.0-or-laterPHP

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AuthRemoteUser
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[](#authremoteuser)

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This [MediaWiki](https://www.mediawiki.org/) extension aims to provide authentication via the webserver's REMOTE\_AUTH (i.e. with kerberos) functionality.

It relies on the extension [PluggableAuth](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PluggableAuth).

After you installed the extension, you have to configure your webserver for remote authentication to match on the special page *AuthRemoteUser*.

Apache configuration example for Kerberos
-----------------------------------------

[](#apache-configuration-example-for-kerberos)

```

        SSLRequireSSL
        AuthType Kerberos
        AuthName "Kerberos Login"
        KrbMethodNegotiate On
        KrbMethodK5Passwd Off
        KrbAuthoritative on
        KrbAuthRealms
        KrbVerifyKDC on
        Krb5KeyTab /etc/keytabs/krb5.keytab.HTTP
        require valid-user

```

Note: even, if you are using Short URL schema, you have to match against *index.php?title=*, because the authentication special page is accessed internally with the original linking schema.

Contact
-------

[](#contact)

For bug reports and feature requests please see, if it is already reported on the list of [open bugs](https://github.com/oetterer/AuthRemoteUser/issues). If not, [report it](https://github.com/oetterer/AuthRemoteUser/issues/new).

For general questions, comments, or suggestions you might use the [talk page on MediaWiki.org](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:AuthRemoteUser). For direct contact with the author please use the [Email functionality on MediaWiki.org.](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser/oetterer)

###  Health Score

16

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LowBetter than 4% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

732d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![oetterer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9444462?v=4)](https://github.com/oetterer "oetterer (2 commits)")

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Tags

Authenticationmediawikiextensionkerberosremotewiki

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