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Improve howto for setting up remote user #2708

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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions doc/howto/mod_auth_openidc_feide.rst
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Expand Up @@ -147,11 +147,17 @@ NAV configuration
varname = REMOTE_USER
logout-url = /oidc/?logout=
workaround = feide-oidc
autocreate = off

"oidc" in the ``logout-url`` points to the same place as the
``<Location /oidc>``-block in the apache configuration and the redirect URI in
the Feide dashboard.

By toggling autocreate to "on", users are automatically created on first login
via OIDC, This is probably not what you want, which is why the default is
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"off". With it "off" it is necessary to pre-create the users in order to allow
login.

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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions doc/reference/web_authentication.rst
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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ Since the password is controlled from a system externally to NAV, the user does
not have access to change the password from inside NAV. If an account is set to
invalid in NAV, the user will not be logged in, even if the header is set.

Creating users on first login
-----------------------------

Earlier versions of this functionality created users on first login. That is no
longer the case. To enable the previous behaviour, set ``autocreate = on`` in
the ``[remote-user]`` section in the config-file.

With the default, which is ``off``, it is necessary to pre-create users for
them to be able to log in. This can be done from the command line with
``navuser``, or via the web interface.

Workarounds for "strange" `REMOTE_USER` values
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