From 54edd409695a8998fde5d4a2b37377091e19e76e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Christiansen <jach@wayf.dk> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:17:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Multiauth: Minor update to documentation git-svn-id: https://simplesamlphp.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2741 44740490-163a-0410-bde0-09ae8108e29a --- modules/multiauth/docs/multiauth.txt | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/modules/multiauth/docs/multiauth.txt b/modules/multiauth/docs/multiauth.txt index 070ea8808..93bd55e7e 100644 --- a/modules/multiauth/docs/multiauth.txt +++ b/modules/multiauth/docs/multiauth.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ MultiAuth module ================ -The MultiAuth module provides a method for authenticating users agains +The MultiAuth module provides a method for users to choosebetween a list of authentication sources. There is only one authentication module: @@ -52,3 +52,16 @@ authentication sources defined in the `config/authsources.php` file. The order in this array does not matter since the user is the one that decides which one to use. +I is possible to add the parameter `source` to the calling URL, +when accessing a service, to allow the user to preselect the +authsource to be used. This can be handy if you support different +authentication types for differen types of users and you want the +users to have a direct link to the service and not want them to +select the correct authentication source. + +For example: + + htttps://example.com/service/?source=saml + +will take you directly to the SAML authentication source, instead +of hitting the multiauth select page. -- GitLab