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@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [[!template id=plugin name=unixauth core=0 author="[[schmonz]]"]]
 [[!tag type/auth]]
 
 [[!template id=plugin name=unixauth core=0 author="[[schmonz]]"]]
 [[!tag type/auth]]
 
+[[!template id=gitbranch branch=unixauth author="[[schmonz]]"]]
+
 This plugin authenticates users against the Unix user database. It presents a similar UI to [[plugins/passwordauth]], but simpler, as there's no need to be able to register or change one's password.
 
 To authenticate, either [checkpassword](http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd.html) or [pwauth](http://www.unixpapa.com/pwauth/) must be installed and configured. `checkpassword` is strongly preferred. If your web server runs as an unprivileged user -- as it darn well should! -- then `checkpassword` needs to be setuid root. (Or your ikiwiki CGI wrapper, I guess, but don't do that.) Other checkpassword implementations are available, notably [checkpassword-pam](http://checkpasswd-pam.sourceforge.net/).
 This plugin authenticates users against the Unix user database. It presents a similar UI to [[plugins/passwordauth]], but simpler, as there's no need to be able to register or change one's password.
 
 To authenticate, either [checkpassword](http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd.html) or [pwauth](http://www.unixpapa.com/pwauth/) must be installed and configured. `checkpassword` is strongly preferred. If your web server runs as an unprivileged user -- as it darn well should! -- then `checkpassword` needs to be setuid root. (Or your ikiwiki CGI wrapper, I guess, but don't do that.) Other checkpassword implementations are available, notably [checkpassword-pam](http://checkpasswd-pam.sourceforge.net/).
@@ -14,224 +16,6 @@ Config variables that affect the behavior of `unixauth`:
 
 __Security__: [As with passwordauth](/security/#index14h2), be wary of sending usernames and passwords in cleartext. Unlike passwordauth, sniffing `unixauth` credentials can get an attacker much further than mere wiki access. Therefore, this plugin defaults to not even _displaying_ the login form fields unless we're running under SSL. Nobody should be able to do anything remotely dumb until the admin has done at least a little thinking. After that, dumb things are always possible. ;-)
 
 
 __Security__: [As with passwordauth](/security/#index14h2), be wary of sending usernames and passwords in cleartext. Unlike passwordauth, sniffing `unixauth` credentials can get an attacker much further than mere wiki access. Therefore, this plugin defaults to not even _displaying_ the login form fields unless we're running under SSL. Nobody should be able to do anything remotely dumb until the admin has done at least a little thinking. After that, dumb things are always possible. ;-)
 
-`unixauth` tests for the presence of the `HTTPS` environment variable. `Wrapper.pm` needs to be tweaked to pass it through; without that, the plugin fails closed.
-
-[[!toggle id="diff" text="Wrapper.pm.diff"]]
-
-[[!toggleable id="diff" text="""
-
-    --- Wrapper.pm.orig 2008-07-29 00:09:10.000000000 -0400
-    +++ Wrapper.pm
-    @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sub gen_wrapper () { #{{{
-        my @envsave;
-        push @envsave, qw{REMOTE_ADDR QUERY_STRING REQUEST_METHOD REQUEST_URI
-                       CONTENT_TYPE CONTENT_LENGTH GATEWAY_INTERFACE
-    -                  HTTP_COOKIE REMOTE_USER} if $config{cgi};
-    +                  HTTP_COOKIE REMOTE_USER HTTPS} if $config{cgi};
-        my $envsave="";
-        foreach my $var (@envsave) {
-                $envsave.=<<"EOF"
-
-"""]]
-
-[[!toggle id="code" text="unixauth.pm"]]
-
-[[!toggleable id="code" text="""
-
-    #!/usr/bin/perl
-    # Ikiwiki unixauth authentication.
-    package IkiWiki::Plugin::unixauth;
-    
-    use warnings;
-    use strict;
-    use IkiWiki 2.00;
-    
-    sub import { #{{{
-        hook(type => "getsetup", id => "unixauth", call => \&getsetup);
-            hook(type => "formbuilder_setup", id => "unixauth",
-                call => \&formbuilder_setup);
-            hook(type => "formbuilder", id => "unixauth",
-                call => \&formbuilder);
-        hook(type => "sessioncgi", id => "unixauth", call => \&sessioncgi);
-    } # }}}
-    
-    sub getsetup () { #{{{
-        return
-        unixauth_type => {
-                type => "string",
-                example => "checkpassword",
-                description => "type of authenticator; can be 'checkpassword' or 'pwauth'",
-                safe => 0,
-                rebuild => 1,
-        },
-        unixauth_command => {
-                type => "string",
-                example => "/path/to/checkpassword",
-                description => "full path and any arguments",
-                safe => 0,
-                rebuild => 1,
-        },
-        unixauth_requiressl => {
-                type => "boolean",
-                example => "1",
-                description => "require SSL? strongly recommended",
-                safe => 0,
-                rebuild => 1,
-        },
-        plugin => {
-                description => "Unix user authentication",
-                safe => 0,
-                rebuild => 1,
-        },
-    } #}}}
-    
-    # Checks if a string matches a user's password, and returns true or false.
-    sub checkpassword ($$;$) { #{{{
-        my $user=shift;
-        my $password=shift;
-        my $field=shift || "password";
-    
-        # It's very important that the user not be allowed to log in with
-        # an empty password!
-        if (! length $password) {
-                return 0;
-        }
-    
-        my $ret=0;
-        if (! exists $config{unixauth_type}) {
-                # admin needs to carefully think over his configuration
-                return 0;
-        }
-        elsif ($config{unixauth_type} eq "checkpassword") {
-                open UNIXAUTH, "|$config{unixauth_command} true 3<&0" or die("Could not run $config{unixauth_type}");
-                print UNIXAUTH "$user\0$password\0Y123456\0";
-                close UNIXAUTH;
-                $ret=!($?>>8);
-        }
-        elsif ($config{unixauth_type} eq "pwauth") {
-                open UNIXAUTH, "|$config{unixauth_command}" or die("Could not run $config{unixauth_type}");
-                print UNIXAUTH "$user\n$password\n";
-                close UNIXAUTH;
-                $ret=!($?>>8);
-        }
-        else {
-                # no such authentication type
-                return 0;
-        }
-    
-        if ($ret) {
-            my $userinfo=IkiWiki::userinfo_retrieve();
-            if (! length $user || ! defined $userinfo ||
-                ! exists $userinfo->{$user} || ! ref $userinfo->{$user}) {
-                    IkiWiki::userinfo_setall($user, {
-                        'email' => '',
-                        'regdate' => time,
-                    });
-            }
-        }
-    
-        return $ret;
-    } #}}}
-    
-    sub formbuilder_setup (@) { #{{{
-        my %params=@_;
-    
-        my $form=$params{form};
-        my $session=$params{session};
-        my $cgi=$params{cgi};
-    
-        # if not under SSL, die before even showing a login form,
-        # unless the admin explicitly says it's fine
-        if (! exists $config{unixauth_requiressl}) {
-                $config{unixauth_requiressl} = 1;
-        }
-        if ($config{unixauth_requiressl}) {
-            if ((! $config{sslcookie}) || (! exists $ENV{'HTTPS'})) {
-                die("SSL required to login. Contact your administrator.<br>");
-            }
-        }
-    
-        if ($form->title eq "signin") {
-                $form->field(name => "name", required => 0);
-                $form->field(name => "password", type => "password", required => 0);
-                
-                if ($form->submitted) {
-                        my $submittype=$form->submitted;
-                        # Set required fields based on how form was submitted.
-                        my %required=(
-                                "Login" => [qw(name password)],
-                        );
-                        foreach my $opt (@{$required{$submittype}}) {
-                                $form->field(name => $opt, required => 1);
-                        }
-        
-                        # Validate password against name for Login.
-                        if ($submittype eq "Login") {
-                                $form->field(
-                                        name => "password",
-                                        validate => sub {
-                                                checkpassword($form->field("name"), shift);
-                                        },
-                                );
-                        }
-                        
-                        # XXX is this reachable? looks like no
-                        elsif ($submittype eq "Login") {
-                                $form->field( 
-                                        name => "name",
-                                        validate => sub {
-                                                my $name=shift;
-                                                length $name &&
-                                                IkiWiki::userinfo_get($name, "regdate");
-                                        },
-                                );
-                        }
-                }
-                else {
-                        # First time settings.
-                        $form->field(name => "name");
-                        if ($session->param("name")) {
-                                $form->field(name => "name", value => $session->param("name"));
-                        }
-                }
-        }
-        elsif ($form->title eq "preferences") {
-                $form->field(name => "name", disabled => 1, 
-                        value => $session->param("name"), force => 1,
-                        fieldset => "login");
-                $form->field(name => "password", disabled => 1, type => "password",
-                        fieldset => "login"),
-        }
-    }
-    
-    sub formbuilder (@) { #{{{
-        my %params=@_;
-    
-        my $form=$params{form};
-        my $session=$params{session};
-        my $cgi=$params{cgi};
-        my $buttons=$params{buttons};
-    
-        if ($form->title eq "signin") {
-                if ($form->submitted && $form->validate) {
-                        if ($form->submitted eq 'Login') {
-                                $session->param("name", $form->field("name"));
-                                IkiWiki::cgi_postsignin($cgi, $session);
-                        }
-                }
-        }
-        elsif ($form->title eq "preferences") {
-                if ($form->submitted eq "Save Preferences" && $form->validate) {
-                        my $user_name=$form->field('name');
-                }
-        }
-    } #}}}
-    
-    sub sessioncgi ($$) { #{{{
-        my $q=shift;
-        my $session=shift;
-    } #}}}
-    
-    1
+`unixauth` needs the `HTTPS` environment variable, available in ikiwiki 2.67 or later (fixed in #[502047](http://bugs.debian.org/502047)), without which it fails closed.
 
 
-"""]]
+The plugin has not been tested with newer versions of ikiwiki. [[schmonz]] hopes to have time to polish this plugin soon.