From c74d3d703074912d6f23d90222d39508585fa25a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Morten Brekkevold Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:05:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Prepare for 5.8.0 feature release. --- CHANGELOG.md | 3 +-- doc/conf.py | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 4a0d139ea9..27608dc33b 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0 This changelog format was introduced in NAV 5.4.0. Older changelogs can be found in the [HISTORY](HISTORY) file. -## [Unreleased] - +## [5.8.0] - 2023-11-24 ### Added diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py index 3cc298ea95..b6fc086a17 100644 --- a/doc/conf.py +++ b/doc/conf.py @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ # built documents. # # The short X.Y version. -version = 'dev' +version = '5.8' # version = '.'.join(buildconf.VERSION.split('.')[:2]) # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags. release = buildconf.VERSION From 2f9cd06d7211dfcf185f410c12542e5d63ea8fa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Morten Brekkevold Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:17:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Make note of the new autocreate option --- NOTES.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/NOTES.rst b/NOTES.rst index a89c5ddcc5..e4d60b4584 100644 --- a/NOTES.rst +++ b/NOTES.rst @@ -68,6 +68,20 @@ device to device and vendor to vendor, so the available presets will simply be presented for selection in a dropdown menu if PoE support is detected on a device. +REMOTE_USER autocreate option +----------------------------- + +The external authentication integration system (popularly named +``REMOTE_USER``) has gained a new toggle ``autocreate`` in the +``[remote-user]`` section of :file:`webfront/webfront.conf`. This option is +``False`` by default, meaning that externally authenticated users will not be +allowed to use NAV unless they have already been pre-created in the user admin +panel. + +This changes the old behavior, in where any unknown user referenced in the +``REMOTE_USER`` header by the web server is automatically created in NAV. If +you need the old functionality, you need to set this option to ``True``. + NAV 5.7 =======