[SAC] Re: [OSGeo] #103: Move main OSGeo Wiki to OSGeo infrastructure

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 11:24:13PM +0100, Martin Spott wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 09:46:43PM -0000, OSGeo wrote:
> 
> >  Mediawiki LDAP authentication seems well discussed at:
> 
> Bare MediaWiki LDAP authentication itself is not a big issue.
> 
> BUT first we have to pour all the missing Wiki users into the LDAP
> directory (those who don't already have an OSGeo account). Certainly
> the funniest part is to find out those users, which use different user
> names for the Wiki an OSGeo and to decide how to deal with these.

Ah, okay. That's a good point that I hadn't realized: I thought the
barrier was technical, but really, it's social.

Do we really need to do this? i mean, if we change auth mechanisms,
can't we just tell people "Go *here* to get a login if your old one
doesn't work?"

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta