diff --git a/docs/simplesamlphp-changelog.md b/docs/simplesamlphp-changelog.md
index bab62afbedf5f9a1ff2bf2208867f5b78d0b1006..901af9c25381dad771140826ebf2d0ab332f38ba 100644
--- a/docs/simplesamlphp-changelog.md
+++ b/docs/simplesamlphp-changelog.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Released TBD
* Dropped support for Symfony 3.x and Twig 1.x
* Update the SAML2 library dependency to 4.1.8
* Allow additional audiences to be specified (#1345)
+ * The `attributename`-setting in the core:TargetedID authproc-filter has been deprecated in
+ favour of the `identifyingAttribute`-setting.
## Version 1.18.8
diff --git a/modules/core/docs/authproc_targetedid.md b/modules/core/docs/authproc_targetedid.md
index f6cea7da7aff57475756832af03995d944d51ecf..f55e4febf96f6a80aaaf80b7a8285371477b411a 100644
--- a/modules/core/docs/authproc_targetedid.md
+++ b/modules/core/docs/authproc_targetedid.md
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Parameters
----------
`attributename`
+: The name of the attribute we should use for the unique user identifier.
+ Optional, will use the attribute set by the `userid.attribute` metadata option by default.
+ *deprecated:* Please use `identifyingAttribute` instead.
+
+`identifyingAttribute`
: The name of the attribute we should use for the unique user identifier.
Optional, will use the attribute set by the `userid.attribute` metadata option by default.
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ A custom attribute:
'authproc' => array(
50 => array(
'class' => 'core:TargetedID',
- 'attributename' => 'eduPersonPrincipalName'
+ 'identifyingAttribute' => 'eduPersonPrincipalName'
),
),
diff --git a/modules/core/lib/Auth/Process/TargetedID.php b/modules/core/lib/Auth/Process/TargetedID.php
index 66095c0c7daa0bbbac1d40a605dbb784e860199b..e6a804cc8f830b6e3b64e010472fb7c590cb762c 100644
--- a/modules/core/lib/Auth/Process/TargetedID.php
+++ b/modules/core/lib/Auth/Process/TargetedID.php
@@ -66,10 +66,15 @@ class TargetedID extends \SimpleSAML\Auth\ProcessingFilter
assert(is_array($config));
- if (array_key_exists('attributename', $config)) {
+ if (array_key_exists('identifyingAttribute', $config)) {
+ $this->attribute = $config['identifyingAttribute'];
+ if (!is_string($this->attribute)) {
+ throw new \Exception('Invalid `identifyingAttribute` name given to core:TargetedID filter.');
+ }
+ } elseif (array_key_exists('attributename', $config)) {
$this->attribute = $config['attributename'];
if (!is_string($this->attribute)) {
- throw new \Exception('Invalid attribute name given to core:TargetedID filter.');
+ throw new \Exception('Invalid `attributename` given to core:TargetedID filter.');
}
}