How can I disable login and use logged in user's Windows id for authentication?

Rohith

Can some one give me a basic flow of which modules I should modify to make Vanilla disable login and registration request altogether, and use Windows user name for login with a basic profile created when user logs in for the first time? :-)

businessdad

I'm not a Windows Sysadmin anymore, but I'm afraid that what you ask cannot be achieved easily (if at all).

To access a website, you need a browser, and such browser doesn't necessarily pass Windows User details to anyone (that would be a huge security gap). I know that there is a way, with ASP.NET, to use Windows Authentication, but it requires a domain, ASP.NET, IIS and so on. It's tightly coupled with how Windows Domains work, and I'm not sure it can be ported outside them.

Rohith

Hmm. My forum is gonna run inside an intranet. All I wanna do is use windows logon for SSO. Or, another option I have is to completely remove the need to login. Are of these feasible @businessdad?

businessdad

I think it could be doable, but I would need to investigate a bit more. I'm sure it will need a custom plugin, though, as nothing of sort exists in Vanilla, at the moment.

Rohith

Thanks :-) I think I should look into plugin development :-)

businessdad

It's definitely worth learning it, if you have development skills and if you plan to use Vanilla for your projects.

By the way, I would be curious to try and see if I could make it work, but I would have to install a DC and related client for it. It may take quite a while...