This is a description of how to integrate the user authentication and group facilities in IPB (Invision Power Board) with dokuWiki.

I search yet how to connect AUTOMATICALY the user to IPB in Dokuwiki !!!

A good start might be the source of the Coppermine Gallery. The Bridging works fine with IPB 2.x.x. Some say it won't but I have tried it bymyself and it works fine. http://documentation.coppermine-gallery.net/bridging.htm

An issue is the displayed names and login names. Not sure if it is possible to prevent DokuWiki from showing the loginname (user) anywhere and show just the name.

• A working installation of IPB 2.x
• A working installation of dokuWikiDELETEME
• Some patience

Facts

• This method of integrating relies on the use of groups in IPB.

1. Configure local.php
2. Configure acl.auth

The code below is best placed in conf/local.php, so that it will be easy to upgrade later.

We use IPB username as a replacement for name since IPB does not provide us with any information about real names (first name, last name).

$conf['openregister']= 0;                //Should users to be allowed to register?
 
$conf['useacl']      = 1;                //Use Access Control Lists to restrict access?
 
$conf['authtype'] = 'mysql';
 
$conf['auth']['mysql']['forwardClearPass'] = 1;             // handles password encryption inside the sql query
 
$conf['auth']['mysql']['server']   = '<host>';              // mySQL host, usually localhost
$conf['auth']['mysql']['user']     = '<database user>';     // mySQL database user for the database that is used by IPB
$conf['auth']['mysql']['password'] = '<database password>'; // mySQL database password for the database that is used by IPB
$conf['auth']['mysql']['database'] = '<database>';          // mySQL database that is used by IPB
 
$conf['auth']['mysql']['passcheck']= "SELECT name AS 'login'
                                        FROM ibf_members, ibf_members_converge
                                       WHERE name='%u'
                                         AND converge_pass_hash = MD5(CONCAT(MD5(converge_pass_salt),MD5('%p')))";
$conf['auth']['mysql']['userinfo'] = "SELECT name, email AS mail
                                        FROM ibf_members
                                       WHERE name='%u'";
$conf['auth']['mysql']['groups']   = "SELECT mgroup as `group`
                                        FROM ibf_members
                                       WHERE ibf_members.name='%u'";

Use following queries for development version of DokuWiki:

$conf['auth']['mysql']['checkPass']= "SELECT name AS 'login'
                                        FROM ibf_members, ibf_members_converge
                                       WHERE name='%{user}'
                                         AND converge_pass_hash = MD5(CONCAT(MD5(converge_pass_salt),MD5('%{pass}')))";
$conf['auth']['mysql']['getUserInfo'] = "SELECT name, email AS mail
                                        FROM ibf_members
                                       WHERE name='%{user}'";
$conf['auth']['mysql']['getGroups']   = "SELECT mgroup as `group`
                                        FROM ibf_members
                                       WHERE ibf_members.name='%{user}'";

If it doesn't work, have a look to mysql_invision

How to configure the acl.auth is described in acl. The group numbers are the ones that you have created in IPB.

An example :

# Access Control
#
# none   0
# read   1
# edit   2
# create 4
# upload 8

# Groupes existant sous IPB
# @1	Validating
# @2	Invités
# @3	Membres
# @4	Admin Principal
# @5	Bannis
# @6	Modérateur Principal
# @7	Donateur
# @8	Site Admin
# @9	Modérateurs
# @10	Wikistes
# @11	Traducteurs
# @12	Equipe de Dev

 
*               @ALL        1
*               @3          255
*               @4          255
*               @6          255
*               @7          255
*               @8          255
*               @9          255
*               @10         255
*               @11         255
*               @12         255
sommaire        @ALL        1
sommaire        @4          255
sommaire        @6          255
sommaire        @8          255
sommaire        @9          255
sommaire        @10         255 
menu            @ALL        1
menu            @4          255
menu            @6          255
menu            @8          255
menu            @9          255
menu            @10         255