PubCookie on Redbrick - Revision history

Graggle at 23:57, 20 April 2026

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	* [[User:Link\|Link]] has a [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~link/news/ web newsreader]		* [[User:Link\|Link]] has a [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~link/news/ web newsreader]

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Pints at 21:35, 6 July 2015

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	... where you'll see a page congratulating you on it working, and a messy dump of lots of variables (that Redbrick has access to, i.e., your "environment"), just to prove that [[User:colmmacc\|colmmacc]] can't see your password :)		... where you'll see a page congratulating you on it working, and a messy dump of lots of variables (that Redbrick has access to, i.e., your "environment"), just to prove that [[User:colmmacc\|colmmacc]] can't see your password :)

	To get more techie, the pubcookie auth module does some clever things like enforce https (i.e. secure web - 'http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~colmmacc/yoyo/' should not work), it sets 'REMOTE_USER' to something useful (i.e. their redbrick username) and is generally cool.		To get more techie, the pubcookie auth module does some clever things like enforce https (i.e. secure web - 'http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~colmmacc/yoyo/ ' should not work), it sets 'REMOTE_USER' to something useful (i.e. their redbrick username) and is generally cool.

	==To use PubCookie==		==To use PubCookie==

Koffee at 17:03, 1 October 2013

2013-10-01T17:03:12Z

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	[http://www.pubcookie.org/ Pubcookie] is software that allows users at an institution (e.g. Redbrick) to sign-in once to a webpage, and then have "official" access to all other webpages at that institution! This means that you, as a Redbrick user, can login once with your Redbrick username/password, and then do funky stuff (like edit these Wiki webpages) that nobody else on the internet can do! [[User:Colmmacc\|Colmmacc]] has setup a very basic pubcookie service on Redbrick. It's not pretty, no nice logos, and there are some broken image links, but well, it works - so it's a start, and others can make it look pretty :)		[http://www.pubcookie.org/ Pubcookie] is software that allows users at an institution (e.g. Redbrick) to sign-in once to a webpage, and then have "official" access to all other webpages at that institution! This means that you, as a Redbrick user, can login once with your Redbrick username/password, and then do funky stuff (like edit these Wiki webpages) that nobody else on the internet can do! [[User:Colmmacc\|Colmmacc]] has setup a very basic pubcookie service on Redbrick. It's not pretty, no nice logos, and there are some broken image links, but well, it works - so it's a start, and others can make it look pretty :)

			Recently fixed by [[User:maK\|maK]]


	Anyway, go to:		Anyway, go to:

Gamma at 20:30, 13 May 2013

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	PubcookieAppID ''"some unique identifier for your area"''		PubcookieAppID ''"some unique identifier for your area"''
	Authtype pubcookie		Authtype pubcookie
	require ~~username~~ username2 username3		require user "username1","username2","username3"

	Any files that gets referenced by the html directly eg: javascript , css should not be placed in a protected directory.		Any files that gets referenced by the html directly eg: javascript , css should not be placed in a protected directory.

D fens at 09:45, 19 July 2010

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	* [[Main_Page\|Redbrick Wiki]], this wiki, uses this as its authenticator.		* [[Main_Page\|Redbrick Wiki]], this wiki, uses this as its authenticator.
	* [[User:Shimoda\|Shimoda]] has a script that can [~~http~~://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~shimoda/proxy/~~prox.cgi~~ access webpages from DCU] including sites that DCU has subscriptions to.		* [[User:Shimoda\|Shimoda]] has a script that can [https://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~shimoda/proxy/ access webpages from DCU] including sites that DCU has subscriptions to.
	* [[User:Link\|Link]] has a [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~link/news/ web newsreader]		* [[User:Link\|Link]] has a [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~link/news/ web newsreader]

	[[Category:HowTo]]		[[Category:HowTo]]

D fens: Added example for one or more user authentication and changed permission

2008-04-19T21:54:20Z

Added example for one or more user authentication and changed permission

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	(Remember to ''chmod ~~744~~'' your .htaccess file otherwise it won't work). And only Redbrick users will be able to use it, and only using their normal Redbrick usernames and passwords.		(Remember to ''chmod 644'' your .htaccess file otherwise it won't work). And only Redbrick users will be able to use it, and only using their normal Redbrick usernames and passwords.

			If you'd like to use pubcookie authentication to only allow one or a subset of users access to a directory:

			PubcookieAppID ''"some unique identifier for your area"''
			Authtype pubcookie
			require username username2 username3

	Any files that gets referenced by the html directly eg: javascript , css should not be placed in a protected directory.		Any files that gets referenced by the html directly eg: javascript , css should not be placed in a protected directory.

Receive: added "" to unique identifier line

2007-05-21T07:48:19Z

added "" to unique identifier line

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	In order to use pubcookie authentication for parts of your own website, put the following in a .htaccess file for the directory you'd like to protect:		In order to use pubcookie authentication for parts of your own website, put the following in a .htaccess file for the directory you'd like to protect:

	PubcookieAppID ''some unique identifier for your area''		PubcookieAppID ''"some unique identifier for your area"''
	Authtype pubcookie		Authtype pubcookie
	require valid-user		require valid-user

Receive at 01:40, 20 April 2007

2007-04-20T01:40:49Z

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	* [[User:Shimoda\|Shimoda]] has a script that can [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~shimoda/proxy/prox.cgi access webpages from DCU] including sites that DCU has subscriptions to.		* [[User:Shimoda\|Shimoda]] has a script that can [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~shimoda/proxy/prox.cgi access webpages from DCU] including sites that DCU has subscriptions to.
	* [[User:Link\|Link]] has a [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~link/news/ web newsreader]		* [[User:Link\|Link]] has a [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~link/news/ web newsreader]

			[[Category:HowTo]]

Cammy: /* To use PubCookie */ Just a minor note about chmod-ing the .htaccess file correctly

2005-10-19T08:32:54Z

To use PubCookie: Just a minor note about chmod-ing the .htaccess file correctly

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	require valid-user		require valid-user

	And only Redbrick users will be able to use it, and only using their normal Redbrick usernames and passwords.		(Remember to ''chmod 744'' your .htaccess file otherwise it won't work). And only Redbrick users will be able to use it, and only using their normal Redbrick usernames and passwords.

	Any files that gets referenced by the html directly eg: javascript , css should not be placed in a protected directory.		Any files that gets referenced by the html directly eg: javascript , css should not be placed in a protected directory.

Cammy: Added a 'example' section

2005-09-02T08:11:06Z

Added a 'example' section

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	To get more techie, the pubcookie auth module does some clever things like enforce https (i.e. secure web - 'http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~colmmacc/yoyo/' should not work), it sets 'REMOTE_USER' to something useful (i.e. their redbrick username) and is generally cool.		To get more techie, the pubcookie auth module does some clever things like enforce https (i.e. secure web - 'http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~colmmacc/yoyo/' should not work), it sets 'REMOTE_USER' to something useful (i.e. their redbrick username) and is generally cool.

			==To use PubCookie==

	In order to use pubcookie authentication for parts of your own website, put the following in a .htaccess file for the directory you'd like to protect:		In order to use pubcookie authentication for parts of your own website, put the following in a .htaccess file for the directory you'd like to protect:
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	allow from all		allow from all

	~~[[Main_Page\|Redbrick Wiki]], this wiki, uses this as its authenticator.~~		==Examples==

	~~[[User:Shimoda\|Shimoda]] has a script that can [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~shimoda/proxy/prox.cgi access webpages from DCU] including sites that DCU has subscriptions to.~~

	[[User:Link\|Link]] has a [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~link/news/ web newsreader]		* [[Main_Page\|Redbrick Wiki]], this wiki, uses this as its authenticator.
			* [[User:Shimoda\|Shimoda]] has a script that can [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~shimoda/proxy/prox.cgi access webpages from DCU] including sites that DCU has subscriptions to.
			* [[User:Link\|Link]] has a [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~link/news/ web newsreader]