[Xerte] Re: Solved: Setup a password protected environment for Xerte when no LDAP is available
Pat Lockley
patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
Mon Jan 7 10:26:59 GMT 2013
I replied all three times I think, but hey ho
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>wrote:
> I replied on 21st Dec to an earlier enquiry that you sent so perhaps your
> aren't receiving any replies due to filtering or spam settings?****
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> see below:****
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Ron Mitchell
> *Sent:* 21 December 2012 08:53
> *To:* 'Xerte discussion list'
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: login_library.php is empty****
>
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> There's not account creation via management.php apart from the single
> admin account so how are you creating users?****
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> It sounds like your install was working probably with the default guest
> access so I suggest you do the following:****
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> 1. Backup your database and directory in case of problems****
>
> 2. Download 1.9
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/downloads/xertetoolkits.zip extract
> that and copy the files over the top of your 1.8 install****
>
> 3. Test it's working with the default guest account e.g. create and view
> an LO****
>
> 4. Edit auth_config.php and set authentication to static by un-commenting
> static and commenting out guest****
>
> 5. Edit \library\Xerte\Authentication\Static.php and add your required
> accounts and passwords - use the four default accounts for reference before
> removing or changing those****
>
> 6. Revisit your install and test the logins****
>
> 7. Let us know how that went****
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> Ron****
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Yperman Patrick
> *Sent:* 07 January 2013 09:39
> *To:* xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Solved: Setup a password protected environment for
> Xerte when no LDAP is available****
>
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> Hi All,****
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>
> I didn’t get any response.****
>
> Should I send this mail to another e-mail address?
> Any help is appreciated.****
>
> ** **
>
> However …****
>
> By going through the code I found the DB-option to setup a password
> protected xerte website. Works fine for me.****
>
> It would have been easier if this would have been mentioned in the
> installation manual.****
>
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>
> *Van:* Yperman Patrick
> *Verzonden:* woensdag 26 december 2012 10:51
> *Aan:* xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> *Onderwerp:* Rephrased: Setup a password protected environment for Xerte
> when no LDAP is available****
>
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>
> Hi All,****
>
> ** **
>
> I’m not sure if I’ve send this message to the right place. Is there
> another forum where to post my question?****
>
> My previous mail did not appear in the mailing list, although I receive
> other mails coming from xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk ****
>
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>
> What do I want to accomplish?****
>
> **· **Setup Xerte on a webserver (I already did this)****
>
> **· **Give lectors access to Xerte by using a password, so they
> can work together on courses****
>
> **· **Preferably at first I only want lectors from the domain
> “KHLim.be” to be granted access to the Xerte website****
>
> **· **Integrate these courses in our Blackboard/Toledo LMS by
> using the IFRAME option. ****
>
> **o **This way I want to give students access to the courses we created
> in Xerte****
>
> **o **Preferably I don’t want to setup a username and password for
> every student. How to best do this?****
>
> ** **
>
> Below you can find information on what I already tried.****
>
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> Any help is greatly appreciated****
>
> ** **
>
> With kind regards****
>
> *Patrick** **Yperman*
> Lector* *Handelswetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde ****
>
> *Nieuw: HRM, KMO,Media & Event en Vastgoed*****
>
> *KHLim ** *Associatie
> K.U.Leuven*
> *Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg
>
> Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan gebouw B , bus 2,
> 3590 Diepenbeek
> Tel. 011 230 890 - Fax 011 230 899 - *patrick.yperman*@khlim.be<patrick.yperman at khlim.be>
> www.khlim.be****
>
> [image: cid:054362321 at 10112009-2A73]****
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> *Van:* Yperman Patrick
> *Verzonden:* vrijdag 21 december 2012 9:36
> *Aan:* 'xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk'
> *Onderwerp:* login_library.php is empty****
>
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>
> Hi All,****
>
> ** **
>
> I’m trying to setup *Xerte* on a website and ran into some problems.****
>
> ** **
>
> I did a full install from version V 1.8****
>
> I followed the instructions in the manual and everything was installed
> successfully****
>
> The Xerte website works. I can create new courses and view them, work with
> IFRAME integration in our LMS, etc.****
>
> ** **
>
> The website that hosts xerte doesn’t support LDAP****
>
> Since I want to setup some password protection for the site a have setup a
> password on the */httpdocs (root) folder* of my site****
>
> I created several users, each with their own password.****
>
> I made sure that the same users were also created in Xerte via *
> management.php* ****
>
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>
> According to the instructions in the installation manual I have to work
> with *switch.php* and put in the usernames and passwords****
>
> In the version 1.8 which I downloaded there was no *switch.php*****
>
> On the mailing list I found a *switch.php* and
> downloaded it and made the necessary changes****
>
> Running that file gave a blank screen****
>
> After some investigation I found that *login_library.php
> * was empty****
>
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>
> The fact that in the first place there was no *switch.php* present and
> the fact that *login_library.php* is empty gives me the impression that
> I did something wrong or that I use the wrong options. Please advise what
> to do next. Are there other installation instructions available?****
>
> ** **
>
> What do I want to accomplish?****
>
> **· **Setup Xerte on a webserver****
>
> **· **Give lectors access to Xerte by using a password, so they
> can work together on courses****
>
> **· **Integrate these courses in our Blackboard/Toledo LMS by
> using the IFRAME option****
>
> **· **We don’t want the courses being publicly available****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks in advance for helping me …****
>
> *Patrick** **Yperman*
> Lector* *Handelswetenschappen en Bedrijfskunde ****
>
> *Nieuw: HRM, KMO,Media & Event en Vastgoed*****
>
> *KHLim ** *Associatie
> K.U.Leuven*
> *Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg
>
> Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan gebouw B , bus 2,
> 3590 Diepenbeek
> Tel. 011 230 890 - Fax 011 230 899 - *patrick.yperman*@khlim.be<patrick.yperman at khlim.be>
> www.khlim.be****
>
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