Integration with vBulletin - MediaWiki/vBulletin Single Sign-On

Overview:
This hack provides single sign-on capability for MediaWiki using your vBulletin users. You must ensure your cookie path in Admin CP is set to '/' for this to work. Also, I have not tested this if your wiki and your forums are on different subdomains - but as long as your have your cookie domain set properly it *should* work. This is not a user bridge - it is a complete single sign-on using your vBulletin user repository.

The install process has been extremely simplified in version 2.x of this product. You only have to edit LocalSettings.php, import a product, and change a setting in your Admin Control Panel. It's been completely packaged as a vBulletin product - unlike the previous hacked up version, heh. I didn't originally plan to release this so I designed it so it worked - not so it could be redistributed. I searched high and low for a functional MediaWiki bridge - almost bought NuHIT's product, and then realized it had been abandoned for over a year.

This hack no longer requires an edit to class_core.php.

I'll do my best to support it, but I can make no promises.

This thread is for discussion of this mod on vB 3.7.x. For vB 3.8.x, please use the MediaWiki/vBulletin Single Sign-On 3.8 thread

Demo of plugin in action: MyMMOGames - Multiplayer Gaming and Media Community

Also, if you use memcached - ensure you do not cache sessions. If you do, restart it at least once a week. If you don't, you'll end up with invalid session errors out of MediaWiki.

Requirements:
MediaWiki Version: 1.11.0-1.14.0
vBulletin Version: 3.6.9-3.8.2

Features:
- Provides single sign on capability between vBulletin and Mediawiki. vBulletin user repository is used
- Configurable sysop/bureaucrat groups
- Configurable disallowed user groups
- Configurable "Who's Online" display
- Counts users viewing wiki in vBulletin's "Who's Online"

Installation/Upgrade:
Please read the included "readme.txt" file in the "docs (do not upload)" folder.

Options:
Admin Control Panel->vBulletin Options->MMOG Wiki Options

Change Log:
1.0.0.0 - Sep 18, 2008
- Initial Release

1.0.3.0 - Sep 29, 2008
- Bugfix: Incorrect redirects for login/logout

2.0.0.0 - Sep 30, 2008
- Feature: Streamlined installation procedure
- Feature: Wiki path set in ACP
- Bugfix: Forum paths no longer hardcoded

2.1.0 - Oct 4, 2008
- Feature: ACP option to use MediaWiki Short URLs
- Feature: ACP option to set sysop groups
- Feature: ACP option to set bureaucrat groups
- Feature: ACP option to disallow login to certain groups
- Feature: ACP option to change WOL display text

2.2.0 - May 1, 2005
- Bugfix: Users are not logged out when logging out of the forum
- Bugfix: No longer requires modification to class_core.php
- Feature: Mediawiki 1.13.0+ supported (verified on 1.14.0 also)

If you like it, please click "mark as installed" The more people that use this, the more time I will make to try and support/update it.

Been pulling your hair out looking for this as long as I have? Nominate it for Mod of the Month =]

AuthPlugin was inspired by and modified from this existing MediaWiki Extension:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QISSingleSignOn

[BRotondi]

I got a msg that you registered in vB - Thanks! - and this step seems to work...

[NoeJeko]

Ok.. actually there is a need to update Userlogin.php - the same issue was affecting that file and your login form wasn't working from the wiki either.

Please download the (yet latest) version. Sorry about this; I added those variables after it was working on my site and I decided to redistribute it and forgot to declare them global. I shouldn't code on no sleep, heh.

After you've updated to the latest versions of the files can you let me know so I can test it out? Hopefully this clears the last of your remaining issues.

[BRotondi]

(Ups have not seen your last post)

[BRotondi]

... uploaded, but still this stupid bug...

why does he link to http://www.sinnimleben.net/login.php instead of http://www.sinnimleben.net/forum/login.php?

Bruno
If you want to have a look at the Files...

[NoeJeko]

I just checked that - did you set $vbsso_wikipath in Userlogin.php? It looks like this variable isn't set. Everything else seems to work well.

[BRotondi]

yes, I did... in the post above you see all my changes.

Please check also the $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;

I do not understand this point...

[BRotondi]

and btw: THANKS!!!!

[NoeJeko]

Originally Posted by BRotondi

yes, I did... in the post above you see all my changes.

Please check also the $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;

I do not understand this point...

You have that properly set in LocalSettings.php. I also recommend you delete that attachment from your post now as it has login information for your MySQL database and could be used against you ;D

This is set to keep users from creating a wiki account through the wiki. It makes them create a forum account instead - which is the only way to log into the wiki after you have this hack installed.

[BRotondi]

... an idea why wiki logout still points to http://www.sinnimleben.net/login.php instead of http://www.sinnimleben.net/forum/login.php?

[NoeJeko]

Because it's cached. If you're on FireFox or Internet Explorer, press <Ctrl+F5> on the wiki page and it will force a refresh of the page from the server. Alternatively, you can clear your cache and it will display properly. I just checked it on your site and it's working.