Moodle

New auth/db features

Details

  • Type: New Feature New Feature
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 1.9.4
  • Fix Version/s: DEV backlog
  • Component/s: Authentication
  • Labels:
    None
  • Difficulty:
    Difficult
  • Affected Branches:
    MOODLE_19_STABLE

Description

We added a lot of new features to the auth/db plugin. Please see attached patch file and the release notes: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Auth_External_Database_Release_Notes

Note: the release notes will be updated as needed for clarity and accuracy.

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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment -

I think we should better wait for final decisions related to enrolment changes

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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment - I think we should better wait for final decisions related to enrolment changes
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Jason Hardin added a comment -

What exactly does this mean Petr? These are not major changes to auth. All of the functionality already exists in the external database auth plugin,. we just added features to the settings to allow an administrator to set whether the user wants to use them or not.

What does enrollment changes have to do with an authentication plugin?

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Jason Hardin added a comment - What exactly does this mean Petr? These are not major changes to auth. All of the functionality already exists in the external database auth plugin,. we just added features to the settings to allow an administrator to set whether the user wants to use them or not. What does enrollment changes have to do with an authentication plugin?

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