Document simplesamlphp 2.x directory change (www to public)

Created on 9 February 2023, almost 2 years ago
Updated 30 November 2023, 12 months ago

Summary

In the 1.x version of simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp, the publicly accessible directory is "www" (see https://simplesamlphp.org/docs/1.16/simplesamlphp-modules.html).

Per a change in the master branch of 2.x on January 27, 2023, the directory will now be "public":

Impact

Sites that try to update to simplesamlphp_auth 4.x without changing their configuration will get an authentication failure at the url simplesaml/module.php/saml/sp/saml2-acs.php/default-sp, with the message "File not found."

Proposed change

Although this change is part of the simplesamlphp library, rather than the simplesamlphp_auth module, Drupal sites transitioning from the 3.x version of simplesamlphp_auth to 4.x (in conjunction with the transition from Drupal 9 to Drupal 10) will likely need to make a change to their configuration.

This module should call out this change as part of documentation on updating from simplesamlphp_auth 3.x to 4.x, and it should link to the relevant documentation in https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/blob/master/docs/simplesa...

This issue will be relevant for most sites that use Composer to retrieve this module (which should be most sites these days). Discussion of using a symlink to point to the (previously) www (now) public directory is found in the current README at https://git.drupalcode.org/project/simplesamlphp_auth/-/blob/8.x-3.x/REA... and, for example, can be found in #2915568: Installing the module causes exception and Drupal whitescreen β†’ .

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Status

Active

Version

4.0

Component

Documentation

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈUnited States mark_fullmer Tucson

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