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

[NoeJeko]

Did you configure the admin control panel settings for disallowed usergroups/admin usergroups? Could you possibly paste (or PM) the values you have in the ACP settings here?

[GriZzm0]

Originally Posted by KingPin6

the system seems to work as far as sending me to me VB for logging in but when I get back to the wiki it seems to not have me logged in, I have tried multiple times to login. not sure why its not working. any ideas/hints welcome.

Linux, vb 3.7.3, MW 1.13

(not on my main forums, rather on a new forum im working on)

I had the same problem. As the first post says "Mediawiki version: 1.12.0+" I assumed that 1.13.* would work, but apparently it doesn't. Downgraded to 1.12.0 and it works like a charm.

[NoeJeko]

That's interesting; I'll set up a MW 1.13 and try to test this.

[GriZzm0]

Originally Posted by NoeJeko

That's interesting; I'll set up a MW 1.13 and try to test this.

Could you upload your monobook files somewhere? Just to see exactly how you've done it.

[all4jah]

I get this error after installing and trying to login on my wiki page:

Warning: require_once(/var/www/html/forum/global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/5/d100789014/htdocs/wiki/includes/AuthPlugin_vBSSO.php on line 254

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/var/www/html/forum/global.php' (include_path='/homepages/5/d100789014/htdocs/wiki:/homepages/5/d100789014/htdocs/wiki/includes:/homepages/5/d100789014/htdocs/wiki/languages:.:/usr/lib/php5') in /homepages/5/d100789014/htdocs/wiki/includes/AuthPlugin_vBSSO.php on line 254

Sorry, I'm new to this. What exactly does that mean?

[GriZzm0]

Originally Posted by all4jah

I get this error after installing and trying to login on my wiki page:



Sorry, I'm new to this. What exactly does that mean?

If you read the readme file it tells you to change '/var/www/html/forum' to the path where you forum is located.


Edit:
@ NoeJeko

After some playing around with the monobook theme I managed to get it to "mimic" my vBulletin theme almot flawlessly in both firefox and opera but not IE6. Realized you had the same problem if you haven't noticed already. ;9 The left sidebar does not position correctly. I've tried to add "clear: left;" at several elements without any luck. I'll post another post if I find a solution.

[Jaxel]

First I wanna say to you Joe (is that your name? NekoJoe?), I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE your work on this product! I had been using vBWikiStandard for a while now, but I was getting tired of the lack of support and constant problems with that script. So I decided to switch over to your bridge. I also decided to take the oppurtunity to upgrade to the newest version of MediaWiki...

Unfortunately, I didn't read the last page of comments (my fault!), and I missed that this mod is not yet compatible with MW 1.13... oops. I really dont want to go through the trouble of downgrading, only to upgrade again, as for some reason, on my server, the upgrade process was a lot of work. So I know its my fault, but I'm asking you to please upgrade this script for MW 1.13 as soon as possible. Hell, if all you can do is a temporary fix, that is good enough for me until you have more time on your hands!

Once again, thank you!

[shikareez]

From MW 1.13+ the "AutoAuthenticate" Hook is renamed to "UserLoadFromSession". So just follow all the instruction and at all, just edit the hook name to "UserLoadFromSession" at near the end of AuthPlugin_vBSSO.php.

[Jaxel]

Sweet! Thanks friend!

[Jaxel]

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