Hi all,

I just installed the latest limesurvey on a ubuntu 16.04 where I already have a local webserver auth, and is set before getting to the login prompt in LimeSurvey.

I enabled the webserver auth plugin, and also created an admin user with the same username as the value of for which I ticked the webserver auth option (and unticked the internal db option), see gyazo.com/d1dcbe015b619363fc441770df2ba695

However, when accessing the /admin/ link, limesurvey still shows its own login page, despite being already set.

I was expecting the user to go straight into the admin panel.

What am I missing?

Please write the explicit version you are using. Lastest is no helpful information. There are two branches of LimeSurvey and after a fews nobody knows which was the lastest version on post date.

I've never used the authentification plugin for webservers, but you might activate the debug mode in LimeSurvey. Providing infos about webserver/php might help others too.

One question left: What kind of OS are you hosting LS on and how/where did you create the username/password you're passing to the plugin?

Like I said, it's ubuntu 16.04. I've already found where the bug comes from. I had to uncheck the box "Check to make default authentication method" ... which shouldn't make any difference, but it does. The devs may want to look into this and fix it.

Version is 2.64.3+170327, php7.0.17, apache 2.4.20

If you don't make a bug report the devs will definitely don't do anything...

holch wrote: If you don't make a bug report the devs will definitely don't do anything...

It is questionable, if there is a bug. Perhaps a documentation update would be enough.

The plugin offers a option to deactivate the default auth-method. Perhaps not working, but perhaps not activated.

I have working, containing joeblock and have similar issues to @jelo

when I make authwebserver as default the page just won't load even though apache error log shows access granted (Kerberos).


When I disable default I simply get the login screen, when I expected to be logged in automatically instead, since the user exists in LS.

In my config.php I have
debug level 1 & 2 doesn't show anything in my php error logs and apache neither.

Any ideas please, what else I can check?

I have the same problem. Webserver authenticated users (basic auth) are not logged in. An LS 401 error page is shown when Authwebserver is the default authentification method and the login form is shown when it is not the default.

I know basic auth works, I get an Apache 401 page when the user is not log in, and I can get REMOTE_USER from a test php script.

Users have the same login id for Authwebserver and Authdb. Authdb works fine, so does AuthLDAP. I have tried multiple settings, always with the same results. Debug logs show a function list, but no error.

Any idea where else I should look?

LS 4.0.1+200120 on Ubuntu 18.04.3 Docker container. Apache 2.4.41, php 7.3.11.