[Xerte] Re: Shibbolising XOT

Mon Jul 22 10:45:45 BST 2013

Hi John,

That was the route I was initially attempting, but ended confused as to
what I should or shouldn't have included in my 'Shib.php' script.
Could I hack the 'Ldap.php' script for example, just leaving in the public
functions getUsername, getFirstname and getSurname to return the values
passed forward from the Shibboleth IdP?

Cheers,

Bruce

On 22 July 2013 10:20, Smith, John <J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk> wrote:

> I'd advise NOT altering the core files (you will then run into upgrade
> probs in the future for one) but looking in \library\Xerte\Authentication
> and creating a new Shibboleth authentication class that is abstracted out
> and should then be able to just slot in...
>
> Then it should only be a case of adding a new authentication method to
> auth_config
>
> Regards,
>
> John Smith | Learning Technologist
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Bruce Jackson [
> bj1 at soas.ac.uk]
> Sent: 22 July 2013 10:04
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] Shibbolising XOT
>
> Hello,
>
> We're trying to get Shibboleth working as a method of authentication here.
>
> From a thread on this forum back in November 2010 (
> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/pipermail/xerte/2010-November/007360.html),
> and from reading the comments in the integration.txt file, it appears it
> should be a fairly simple case of editing integration.txt to set the three
> variables ($_SESSION['toolkits_firstname'], $_SESSION['toolkits_surname']
> and $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_username']) to values obtained from the
> Shibboleth IdP, adding a call "session_start()" at the beginning of the
> script, and then renaming integration.txt to be index.php.
>
> When I do that and try to log in, the page I get back appears to have a
> chunk of html missing at the start - see below.
> Should I be copying parts of the standard index.php script into the
> integration.txt version?
>
> Returned html:
>
> +++
>
>
> <script type="text/javascript"> // JAVASCRIPT library for fixed variables
>  // management of javascript is set up here
>  // SITE SETTINGS
> var site_url = "http://lamp1.lis.soas.ac.uk/xerte/";
> var site_apache = "false";
> var properties_ajax_php_path = "website_code/php/properties/";
>  var management_ajax_php_path = "website_code/php/management/";
>  var ajax_php_path = "website_code/php/";
> <div class="folder" id="folder_workspace"
> ondblclick="folder_open_close(this)"
> onclick="highlight_main_toggle(this)"><p><img style="vertical-align:middle"
> src="
> http://lamp1.lis.soas.ac.uk/xerte//website_code/images/folder_workspace.gif"
> />Workspace</p></div><div id="folderchild_workspace" class="workspace"><div
> id="file_5" class="file" preview_size="800,665" editor_size="800,665"
> style="padding-left:20px"
> onmousedown="single_click(this);file_folder_click_pause(event)"
> onmouseup="file_drag_stop(event,this)"><img src="
> http://lamp1.lis.soas.ac.uk/xerte//website_code/images/Icon_Page.gif"
> style="vertical-align:middle" />BJProj</div><div id="file_6" class="file"
> preview_size="800,665" editor_size="800,665" style="padding-left:20px"
> onmousedown="single_click(this);file_folder_click_pause(event)"
> onmouseup="file_drag_stop(event,this)"><img src="
> http://lamp1.lis.soas.ac.uk/xerte//website_code/images/Icon_Page.gif"
> style="vertical-align:middle" />BJProj</div></div><div class="folder"
> id="recyclebin" ondblclick="folder_open_close(this)"
> onclick="highlight_main_toggle(this)"><p><img id="folder_recyclebin"
> style="vertical-align:middle" src="
> http://lamp1.lis.soas.ac.uk/xerte//website_code/images/rb_empty.gif"
> />Recycle Bin</p></div><div id="folderchild_recyclebin"
> class="folder_content"></div><div class="template"
> onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebedf3'"
> onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'"><div
> class="template_icon"></div><div class="template_desc"><p
> class="template_name">Bootstrap Template</p><p class="template_desc_p">A
> responsive template for delivering content to all devices.<br><button
> type="button" class="xerte_button"
> onclick="javascript:template_toggle('site')">Create</button></div><div
> id="site" class="rename"><span>Enter a name for this project</span><form
> action="javascript:create_tutorial('site')" method="post"
> enctype="text/plain"><input type="text" width="200" id="filename"
> name="filename" /><br /><button type="submit" class="xerte_button" >Create
> Project</button></form></div></div><div class="template"
> onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebedf3'"
> onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'"><div
> class="template_icon"></div><div class="template_desc"><p
> class="template_name">Xerte Online Toolkit</p><p class="template_desc_p">A
> flexible template for creating interactive learning objects.<br><button
> type="button" class="xerte_button"
> onclick="javascript:template_toggle('Nottingham')">Create</button></div><div
> id="Nottingham" class="rename"><span>Enter a name for this
> project</span><form action="javascript:create_tutorial('Nottingham')"
> method="post" enctype="text/plain"><input type="text" width="200"
> id="filename" name="filename" /><br /><button type="submit"
> class="xerte_button" >Create Project</button></form></div></div><div
> class="template" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebedf3'"
> onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'"><div
> class="template_icon"></div><div class="template_desc"><p
> class="template_name">RSS Feed</p><p class="template_desc_p">Easily create
> and maintain an RSS Feed.<br><button type="button" class="xerte_button"
> onclick="javascript:template_toggle('Rss')">Create</button></div><div
> id="Rss" class="rename"><span>Enter a name for this project</span><form
> action="javascript:create_tutorial('Rss')" method="post"
> enctype="text/plain"><input type="text" width="200" id="filename"
> name="filename" /><br /><button type="submit" class="xerte_button" >Create
> Project</button></form></div></div>
> </body>
> </html>
>
>
> +++
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bruce
>
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