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--- auth [2023-02-06 11:12] – 107.127.39.43
+++ auth [2024-09-17 16:47] (current) – Fix auth plugin link 95.112.59.52
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 After you have enabled [[:ACL]] in the config file you need to decide how you like to store user data. DokuWiki supports various methods and creating a new one is pretty easy. [[:DokuWiki]] uses so–called authentication plugins that provide certain methods to store user data and passwords. The user won't even see this plugin but you as an administrator have to set up your desired authentication plugin and configure it properly. The [[plugin:authplain|plain authentication plugin]] is DokuWikis default simple version.
-  * Look for available [[plugintype>128#extension__table|Auth Plugins]] in the plugin repository.
+  * Look for available [[plugins?plugintag=authentication#extension__table|Auth Plugins]] in the plugin repository.
 The plugins can be installed using the [[plugin:Extension|Extension Manager]]. If the available plugins do not fulfill the requirements, you can create your own auth plugin. For details see [[devel:Auth Plugins|How to write an Authentication Plugin?]]
-===Migration of a wiki from before 2013===
-Since the release 2013-05-10 “Weatherwax” DokuWiki uses Authentication Plugins instead of Authentication Backends. This requires action from the administrator when upgrading such a wiki. See [[oldauthbackends|old authentication backends]] for FAQ and the previous backends.
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   * Plugins with [[plugintag>groups#extension__table|groups]]-tag
   * Plugins with [[plugintag>users#extension__table|users]]-tag
 ===== Authentication related Tips =====
 Some relevant tips related to authentication backends
   * [[tips:change_user_name_after_authentication|Change user name after authentication]] -- Suggestion how to change the username after authentication (e.g. you want to allow login via a unique id that could change sometime (e.g. email address), but use another unmodifiable unique id as permanent identifier in Dokuwiki)