[rt-users] RT-Extension-ExternalAuth questions

Thomas Sibley trs at bestpractical.com
Tue Feb 14 11:58:28 EST 2012


On 02/14/2012 11:42 AM, Jeff Blaine wrote:
> If I enable RT-Extension-ExternalAuth, does it take complete
> control of RT authentication, and therefore I must also
> specify an ExternalSetting service that maps to our existing
> 'rt4' database to make use of that?

It is an all too common misconception that you need to put RT's internal
Users table into ExternalAuth's config.  You don't.  It will go poorly
if you do.

> Man, if there ever was a need for the wiki to be updated,
> it's the ExternalAuth page.  It covers installation of the
> module, which is simple already.

Try the docs included with the module.

Thomas



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