* Patch from Alec Berryman adding a http_auth config item that allows

using HTTP Authentication instead of ikiwiki's built in authentication.
  Useful for eg, large sites with their own previously existing user auth
  setup. Closes: #384534

IkiWiki.pm

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ sub defaultconfig () { #{{{
 	timeformat => '%c',
 	locale => undef,
 	sslcookie => 0,
+	httpauth => 0,
 } #}}}
    
 sub checkconfig () { #{{{

IkiWiki/CGI.pm

@@ -314,6 +314,11 @@ sub cgi_prefs ($$) { #{{{
 	if (! is_admin($user_name)) {
 		$form->field(name => "locked_pages", type => "hidden");
 	}
+
+	if ($config{httpauth}) {
+		$form->field(name => "password", type => "hidden");
+		$form->field(name => "confirm_password", type => "hidden");
+	}
 	
 	if (! $form->submitted) {
 		$form->field(name => "email", force => 1,
@@ -643,6 +648,7 @@ sub cgi () { #{{{
 	
 	# Everything below this point needs the user to be signed in.
 	if (((! $config{anonok} || $do eq 'prefs') &&
+	     (! $config{httpauth}) &&
 	     (! defined $session->param("name") ||
 	     ! userinfo_get($session->param("name"), "regdate"))) || $do eq 'signin') {
 		cgi_signin($q, $session);
@@ -654,6 +660,22 @@ sub cgi () { #{{{
 		
 		return;
 	}
+
+	if ($config{httpauth} && (! defined $session->param("name"))) {
+		if (! defined $q->remote_user()) {
+			error("Could not determine authenticated username.");
+		}
+		else {
+			$session->param("name", $q->remote_user());
+			if (!userinfo_get($session->param("name"),"regdate")) {
+				userinfo_setall($session->param("name"), {
+					email => "",
+					password => "",
+					regdate=>time,
+				});
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	
 	if ($do eq 'create' || $do eq 'edit') {
 		cgi_editpage($q, $session);

IkiWiki/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} if $config{cgi};
+		       HTTP_COOKIE REMOTE_USER} if $config{cgi};
 	my $envsave="";
 	foreach my $var (@envsave) {
 		$envsave.=<<"EOF"

debian/changelog

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 ikiwiki (1.29) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Patch from Paul Tötterman to use CP in the Makefile.
+  * Patch from Alec Berryman adding a http_auth config item that allows
+    using HTTP Authentication instead of ikiwiki's built in authentication.
+    Useful for eg, large sites with their own previously existing user auth
+    setup. Closes: #384534
 
- -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:10:58 -0400
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon,  2 Oct 2006 18:50:29 -0400
 
 ikiwiki (1.28) unstable; urgency=low
 

doc/ikiwiki.setup

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ use IkiWiki::Setup::Standard {
 	#locale => 'en_US.UTF-8',
 	# Only send cookies over SSL connections.
 	#sslcookie => 1,
+	# Use HTTP Authentication instead of Ikiwiki's.
+	#httpauth => 1,
 	# Logging settings:
 	verbose => 0,
 	syslog => 0,

ikiwiki.pl

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ sub getconfig () { #{{{
 			"adminemail=s" => \$config{adminemail},
 			"timeformat=s" => \$config{timeformat},
 			"sslcookie!" => \$config{sslcookie},
+			"httpauth!" => \$config{httpauth},
 			"exclude=s@" => sub {
 				$config{wiki_file_prune_regexp}=qr/$config{wiki_file_prune_regexp}|$_[1]/;
 			},