Civi 4.4.4 will no longer update civicrm_uf_match table and link user ids

[bighudsonnut]

After I updated to Civi 4.4.4 and Joomla 2.5.18, new users are no longer linked in civicrm_uf_match.  Anyone else who uses the CiviCRM authentication plugin having the same problem?  To work around this, I have to manually enter the link between the Joomla user (manual entry in civicrm_uf_match table) and I had to turn on the Joomla authentication just to get folks logged.  What happened with 4.4.4 that could have caused this?

[bighudsonnut]

After more research it looks like my Civiauthenticate has stopped working.  Even when I manually enter the entry into the civicrm_uf_match table, it still wont log in the users.  I have to turn on Joomla authentication to get any new users to be able to log in.  I am very confused as to what could have changed in civicrm 4.4.4 and Joomla 2.5.18.  Really stuck right now.

[lcdweb]

I have not updated CiviAuthenticate if a little while, and need to do some work to ensure compatibility with v4.4.x

Someone else had contacted me indicating similar issues, but I haven't had a chance to work through it. I'll see if I can budget some time this week and then update this thread.

[bighudsonnut]

Thank you so much!  I appreciate all you guys do to keep this application top notch!

[nicol]

Hello,

It seems that in the 2.5.17 to 2.5.18 upgrade Joomla changed their password handling to be more secure. I've not been able to find any documentation about this, but other Joomla 2.5.18 users are having similar problems with other custom authentication plugins. I've flagged it here - http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=834695&p=3137141#p3137141 - and will post if they provide any more useful info.

(There was one fix posted here - http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=625&p=3136622 - but I can't tell if it's suitable or not).

Thanks alot for trying to take a look at this Brian,

best, Nic

[lcdweb]

correct --
2.5.18 implements a new method of password hashing using PHPass (it's essentially a backport from v3.2.x).

I've uploaded a new version here: https://github.com/lcdservices/CiviCRM-CiviAuthenticate
you can download the zip from github and install it on top of the existing installation.

I've only done a basic run-through with testing. let me know if you find issues.

[nicol]

I just saw this and have quickly tested - it seems to work great, and the other functions all seem to work well too.

Thanks alot.

Nic

[nzampella]

Just came across this as I was looking to see why new members were not able to log on.

This update corrected the issue.

FWIW .. the online documentation for the plugin still points to the old 2.1.2 version documentation, as well as the 2.1.2 download:

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Joomla+CiviCRM+Membership+Authentication+and+ACL+Plugin