Manual:$wgExternalAuthType

Category:MediaWiki configuration settings#ExternalAuthTypeCategory:MediaWiki configuration settings introduced in version 1.16.0#ExternalAuthTypeCategory:MediaWiki configuration settings removed in version 1.22.0#ExternalAuthTypeCategory:MediaWiki deprecated or obsolete features#ExternalAuthTypeCategory:Authentication variables#ExternalAuthType
Authentication: $wgExternalAuthType
Use some particular type of external authentication.
Introduced in version:1.16.0 (r53497)
Removed in version:1.22.0 (Gerrit change 54900; git #36cade5f)
Allowed values:(string) or null
Default value:null

Details

Use some particular type of external authentication. The specific authentication module you use will normally require some extra settings to be specified in $wgExternalAuthConfig .

null indicates no external authentication is to be used. Otherwise, $wgExternalAuthType must be the name of a non-abstract class that extends ExternalUser.

Core authentication modules can be found in includes/extauth/.

Category:Authentication variables Category:MediaWiki configuration settings Category:MediaWiki configuration settings introduced in version 1.16.0 Category:MediaWiki configuration settings removed in version 1.22.0 Category:MediaWiki deprecated or obsolete features