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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.2.x will end 22 April 2024 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 4.2.x will end 7 October 2024 (18 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 8.0.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 4.1. PHP 8.1.x is supported too.
/auth/db/ -> auth.php (source)
<?php
// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
//
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// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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//
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
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// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

/**
 * Authentication Plugin: External Database Authentication
 *
 * Checks against an external database.
 *
 * @package    auth_db
 * @author     Martin Dougiamas
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU Public License
 */

defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();

require_once($CFG->libdir.'/authlib.php');

/**
 * External database authentication plugin.
 */
class auth_plugin_db extends auth_plugin_base {

    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    function __construct() {
        global $CFG;
        require_once($CFG->libdir.'/adodb/adodb.inc.php');

        $this->authtype = 'db';
        $this->config = get_config('auth_db');
        $this->errorlogtag = '[AUTH DB] ';
        if (empty($this->config->extencoding)) {
            $this->config->extencoding = 'utf-8';
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the username and password work and false if they are
     * wrong or don't exist.
     *
     * @param string $username The username
     * @param string $password The password
     * @return bool Authentication success or failure.
     */
    function user_login($username, $password) {
        global $CFG, $DB;

        if ($this->is_configured() === false) {
            debugging(get_string('auth_notconfigured', 'auth', $this->authtype));
            return false;
        }

        $extusername = core_text::convert($username, 'utf-8', $this->config->extencoding);
        $extpassword = core_text::convert($password, 'utf-8', $this->config->extencoding);

        if ($this->is_internal()) {
            // Lookup username externally, but resolve
            // password locally -- to support backend that
            // don't track passwords.

            if (isset($this->config->removeuser) and $this->config->removeuser == AUTH_REMOVEUSER_KEEP) {
                // No need to connect to external database in this case because users are never removed and we verify password locally.
                if ($user = $DB->get_record('user', array('username'=>$username, 'mnethostid'=>$CFG->mnet_localhost_id, 'auth'=>$this->authtype))) {
                    return validate_internal_user_password($user, $password);
                } else {
                    return false;
                }
            }

            $authdb = $this->db_init();

            $rs = $authdb->Execute("SELECT *
                                      FROM {$this->config->table}
                                     WHERE {$this->config->fielduser} = '".$this->ext_addslashes($extusername)."'");
            if (!$rs) {
                $authdb->Close();
                debugging(get_string('auth_dbcantconnect','auth_db'));
                return false;
            }

            if (!$rs->EOF) {
                $rs->Close();
                $authdb->Close();
                // User exists externally - check username/password internally.
                if ($user = $DB->get_record('user', array('username'=>$username, 'mnethostid'=>$CFG->mnet_localhost_id, 'auth'=>$this->authtype))) {
                    return validate_internal_user_password($user, $password);
                }
            } else {
                $rs->Close();
                $authdb->Close();
                // User does not exist externally.
                return false;
            }

        } else {
            // Normal case: use external db for both usernames and passwords.

            $authdb = $this->db_init();

            $rs = $authdb->Execute("SELECT {$this->config->fieldpass}
                                      FROM {$this->config->table}
                                     WHERE {$this->config->fielduser} = '".$this->ext_addslashes($extusername)."'");
            if (!$rs) {
                $authdb->Close();
                debugging(get_string('auth_dbcantconnect','auth_db'));
                return false;
            }

            if ($rs->EOF) {
                $authdb->Close();
                return false;
            }

            $fields = array_change_key_case($rs->fields, CASE_LOWER);
            $fromdb = $fields[strtolower($this->config->fieldpass)];
            $rs->Close();
            $authdb->Close();

            if ($this->config->passtype === 'plaintext') {
                return ($fromdb === $extpassword);
            } else if ($this->config->passtype === 'md5') {
                return (strtolower($fromdb) === md5($extpassword));
            } else if ($this->config->passtype === 'sha1') {
                return (strtolower($fromdb) === sha1($extpassword));
            } else if ($this->config->passtype === 'saltedcrypt') {
                return password_verify($extpassword, $fromdb);
            } else {
                return false;
            }

        }
    }

    /**
     * Connect to external database.
     *
     * @return ADOConnection
     * @throws moodle_exception
     */
    function db_init() {
        if ($this->is_configured() === false) {
            throw new moodle_exception('auth_dbcantconnect', 'auth_db');
        }

        // Connect to the external database (forcing new connection).
        $authdb = ADONewConnection($this->config->type);
        if (!empty($this->config->debugauthdb)) {
            $authdb->debug = true;
            ob_start(); //Start output buffer to allow later use of the page headers.
        }
        $authdb->Connect($this->config->host, $this->config->user, $this->config->pass, $this->config->name, true);
        $authdb->SetFetchMode(ADODB_FETCH_ASSOC);
        if (!empty($this->config->setupsql)) {
            $authdb->Execute($this->config->setupsql);
        }

        return $authdb;
    }

    /**
     * Returns user attribute mappings between moodle and the external database.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    function db_attributes() {
        $moodleattributes = array();
        // If we have custom fields then merge them with user fields.
        $customfields = $this->get_custom_user_profile_fields();
        if (!empty($customfields) && !empty($this->userfields)) {
            $userfields = array_merge($this->userfields, $customfields);
        } else {
            $userfields = $this->userfields;
        }

        foreach ($userfields as $field) {
            if (!empty($this->config->{"field_map_$field"})) {
                $moodleattributes[$field] = $this->config->{"field_map_$field"};
            }
        }
        $moodleattributes['username'] = $this->config->fielduser;
        return $moodleattributes;
    }

    /**
     * Reads any other information for a user from external database,
     * then returns it in an array.
     *
     * @param string $username
     * @return array
     */
    function get_userinfo($username) {
        global $CFG;

        $extusername = core_text::convert($username, 'utf-8', $this->config->extencoding);

        $authdb = $this->db_init();

        // Array to map local fieldnames we want, to external fieldnames.
        $selectfields = $this->db_attributes();

        $result = array();
        // If at least one field is mapped from external db, get that mapped data.
        if ($selectfields) {
            $select = array();
            $fieldcount = 0;
            foreach ($selectfields as $localname=>$externalname) {
                // Without aliasing, multiple occurrences of the same external
                // name can coalesce in only occurrence in the result.
                $select[] = "$externalname AS F".$fieldcount;
                $fieldcount++;
            }
            $select = implode(', ', $select);
            $sql = "SELECT $select
                      FROM {$this->config->table}
                     WHERE {$this->config->fielduser} = '".$this->ext_addslashes($extusername)."'";

            if ($rs = $authdb->Execute($sql)) {
                if (!$rs->EOF) {
                    $fields = $rs->FetchRow();
                    // Convert the associative array to an array of its values so we don't have to worry about the case of its keys.
                    $fields = array_values($fields);
                    foreach (array_keys($selectfields) as $index => $localname) {
                        $value = $fields[$index];
                        $result[$localname] = core_text::convert($value, $this->config->extencoding, 'utf-8');
                     }
                 }
                 $rs->Close();
            }
        }
        $authdb->Close();
        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * Change a user's password.
     *
     * @param  stdClass  $user      User table object
     * @param  string  $newpassword Plaintext password
     * @return bool                 True on success
     */
    function user_update_password($user, $newpassword) {
        global $DB;

        if ($this->is_internal()) {
            $puser = $DB->get_record('user', array('id'=>$user->id), '*', MUST_EXIST);
            // This will also update the stored hash to the latest algorithm
            // if the existing hash is using an out-of-date algorithm (or the
            // legacy md5 algorithm).
            if (update_internal_user_password($puser, $newpassword)) {
                $user->password = $puser->password;
                return true;
            } else {
                return false;
            }
        } else {
            // We should have never been called!
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Synchronizes user from external db to moodle user table.
     *
     * Sync should be done by using idnumber attribute, not username.
     * You need to pass firstsync parameter to function to fill in
     * idnumbers if they don't exists in moodle user table.
     *
     * Syncing users removes (disables) users that don't exists anymore in external db.
     * Creates new users and updates coursecreator status of users.
     *
     * This implementation is simpler but less scalable than the one found in the LDAP module.
     *
     * @param progress_trace $trace
     * @param bool $do_updates  Optional: set to true to force an update of existing accounts
     * @return int 0 means success, 1 means failure
     */
    function sync_users(progress_trace $trace, $do_updates=false) {
        global $CFG, $DB;

        require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/user/lib.php');

        // List external users.
        $userlist = $this->get_userlist();

        // Delete obsolete internal users.
        if (!empty($this->config->removeuser)) {

            $suspendselect = "";
            if ($this->config->removeuser == AUTH_REMOVEUSER_SUSPEND) {
                $suspendselect = "AND u.suspended = 0";
            }

            // Find obsolete users.
            if (count($userlist)) {
                $removeusers = array();
                $params['authtype'] = $this->authtype;
                $sql = "SELECT u.id, u.username
                          FROM {user} u
                         WHERE u.auth=:authtype
                           AND u.deleted=0
                           AND u.mnethostid=:mnethostid
                           $suspendselect";
                $params['mnethostid'] = $CFG->mnet_localhost_id;
                $internalusersrs = $DB->get_recordset_sql($sql, $params);

                $usernamelist = array_flip($userlist);
                foreach ($internalusersrs as $internaluser) {
                    if (!array_key_exists($internaluser->username, $usernamelist)) {
                        $removeusers[] = $internaluser;
                    }
                }
                $internalusersrs->close();
            } else {
                $sql = "SELECT u.id, u.username
                          FROM {user} u
                         WHERE u.auth=:authtype AND u.deleted=0 AND u.mnethostid=:mnethostid $suspendselect";
                $params = array();
                $params['authtype'] = $this->authtype;
                $params['mnethostid'] = $CFG->mnet_localhost_id;
                $removeusers = $DB->get_records_sql($sql, $params);
            }

            if (!empty($removeusers)) {
                $trace->output(get_string('auth_dbuserstoremove', 'auth_db', count($removeusers)));

                foreach ($removeusers as $user) {
                    if ($this->config->removeuser == AUTH_REMOVEUSER_FULLDELETE) {
                        delete_user($user);
                        $trace->output(get_string('auth_dbdeleteuser', 'auth_db', array('name'=>$user->username, 'id'=>$user->id)), 1);
                    } else if ($this->config->removeuser == AUTH_REMOVEUSER_SUSPEND) {
                        $updateuser = new stdClass();
                        $updateuser->id   = $user->id;
                        $updateuser->suspended = 1;
                        user_update_user($updateuser, false);
                        $trace->output(get_string('auth_dbsuspenduser', 'auth_db', array('name'=>$user->username, 'id'=>$user->id)), 1);
                    }
                }
            }
            unset($removeusers);
        }

        if (!count($userlist)) {
            // Exit right here, nothing else to do.
            $trace->finished();
            return 0;
        }

        // Update existing accounts.
        if ($do_updates) {
            // Narrow down what fields we need to update.
            $all_keys = array_keys(get_object_vars($this->config));
            $updatekeys = array();
            foreach ($all_keys as $key) {
                if (preg_match('/^field_updatelocal_(.+)$/',$key, $match)) {
                    if ($this->config->{$key} === 'onlogin') {
                        array_push($updatekeys, $match[1]); // The actual key name.
                    }
                }
            }
            unset($all_keys); unset($key);

            // Only go ahead if we actually have fields to update locally.
            if (!empty($updatekeys)) {
                $update_users = array();
                // All the drivers can cope with chunks of 10,000. See line 4491 of lib/dml/tests/dml_est.php
                $userlistchunks = array_chunk($userlist , 10000);
                foreach($userlistchunks as $userlistchunk) {
                    list($in_sql, $params) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($userlistchunk, SQL_PARAMS_NAMED, 'u', true);
                    $params['authtype'] = $this->authtype;
                    $params['mnethostid'] = $CFG->mnet_localhost_id;
                    $sql = "SELECT u.id, u.username, u.suspended
                          FROM {user} u
                         WHERE u.auth = :authtype AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.mnethostid = :mnethostid AND u.username {$in_sql}";
                    $update_users = $update_users + $DB->get_records_sql($sql, $params);
                }

                if ($update_users) {
                    $trace->output("User entries to update: ".count($update_users));

                    foreach ($update_users as $user) {
                        if ($this->update_user_record($user->username, $updatekeys, false, (bool) $user->suspended)) {
                            $trace->output(get_string('auth_dbupdatinguser', 'auth_db', array('name'=>$user->username, 'id'=>$user->id)), 1);
                        } else {
                            $trace->output(get_string('auth_dbupdatinguser', 'auth_db', array('name'=>$user->username, 'id'=>$user->id))." - ".get_string('skipped'), 1);
                        }
                    }
                    unset($update_users);
                }
            }
        }


        // Create missing accounts.
        // NOTE: this is very memory intensive and generally inefficient.
        $suspendselect = "";
        if ($this->config->removeuser == AUTH_REMOVEUSER_SUSPEND) {
            $suspendselect = "AND u.suspended = 0";
        }
        $sql = "SELECT u.id, u.username
                  FROM {user} u
                 WHERE u.auth=:authtype AND u.deleted='0' AND mnethostid=:mnethostid $suspendselect";

        $users = $DB->get_records_sql($sql, array('authtype'=>$this->authtype, 'mnethostid'=>$CFG->mnet_localhost_id));

        // Simplify down to usernames.
        $usernames = array();
        if (!empty($users)) {
            foreach ($users as $user) {
                array_push($usernames, $user->username);
            }
            unset($users);
        }

        $add_users = array_diff($userlist, $usernames);
        unset($usernames);

        if (!empty($add_users)) {
            $trace->output(get_string('auth_dbuserstoadd','auth_db',count($add_users)));
            // Do not use transactions around this foreach, we want to skip problematic users, not revert everything.
            foreach($add_users as $user) {
                $username = $user;
                if ($this->config->removeuser == AUTH_REMOVEUSER_SUSPEND) {
                    if ($olduser = $DB->get_record('user', array('username' => $username, 'deleted' => 0, 'suspended' => 1,
                            'mnethostid' => $CFG->mnet_localhost_id, 'auth' => $this->authtype))) {
                        $updateuser = new stdClass();
                        $updateuser->id = $olduser->id;
                        $updateuser->suspended = 0;
                        user_update_user($updateuser);
                        $trace->output(get_string('auth_dbreviveduser', 'auth_db', array('name' => $username,
                            'id' => $olduser->id)), 1);
                        continue;
                    }
                }

                // Do not try to undelete users here, instead select suspending if you ever expect users will reappear.

                // Prep a few params.
                $user = $this->get_userinfo_asobj($user);
                $user->username   = $username;
                $user->confirmed  = 1;
                $user->auth       = $this->authtype;
                $user->mnethostid = $CFG->mnet_localhost_id;
< if (empty($user->lang)) { < $user->lang = $CFG->lang; < }
>
if ($collision = $DB->get_record_select('user', "username = :username AND mnethostid = :mnethostid AND auth <> :auth", array('username'=>$user->username, 'mnethostid'=>$CFG->mnet_localhost_id, 'auth'=>$this->authtype), 'id,username,auth')) { $trace->output(get_string('auth_dbinsertuserduplicate', 'auth_db', array('username'=>$user->username, 'auth'=>$collision->auth)), 1); continue; } try { $id = user_create_user($user, false, false); // It is truly a new user. $trace->output(get_string('auth_dbinsertuser', 'auth_db', array('name'=>$user->username, 'id'=>$id)), 1); } catch (moodle_exception $e) { $trace->output(get_string('auth_dbinsertusererror', 'auth_db', $user->username), 1); continue; } // If relevant, tag for password generation. if ($this->is_internal()) { set_user_preference('auth_forcepasswordchange', 1, $id); set_user_preference('create_password', 1, $id); } // Save custom profile fields here. require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/user/profile/lib.php'); $user->id = $id; profile_save_data($user); // Make sure user context is present. context_user::instance($id); \core\event\user_created::create_from_userid($id)->trigger(); } unset($add_users); } $trace->finished(); return 0; } function user_exists($username) { // Init result value. $result = false; $extusername = core_text::convert($username, 'utf-8', $this->config->extencoding); $authdb = $this->db_init(); $rs = $authdb->Execute("SELECT * FROM {$this->config->table} WHERE {$this->config->fielduser} = '".$this->ext_addslashes($extusername)."' "); if (!$rs) {
< print_error('auth_dbcantconnect','auth_db');
> throw new \moodle_exception('auth_dbcantconnect', 'auth_db');
} else if (!$rs->EOF) { // User exists externally. $result = true; } $authdb->Close(); return $result; } function get_userlist() { // Init result value. $result = array(); $authdb = $this->db_init(); // Fetch userlist. $rs = $authdb->Execute("SELECT {$this->config->fielduser} FROM {$this->config->table} "); if (!$rs) {
< print_error('auth_dbcantconnect','auth_db');
> throw new \moodle_exception('auth_dbcantconnect', 'auth_db');
} else if (!$rs->EOF) { while ($rec = $rs->FetchRow()) { $rec = array_change_key_case((array)$rec, CASE_LOWER); array_push($result, $rec[strtolower($this->config->fielduser)]); } } $authdb->Close(); return $result; } /** * Reads user information from DB and return it in an object. * * @param string $username username
< * @return array
> * @return stdClass
*/ function get_userinfo_asobj($username) { $user_array = truncate_userinfo($this->get_userinfo($username)); $user = new stdClass(); foreach($user_array as $key=>$value) { $user->{$key} = $value; } return $user; } /** * Called when the user record is updated. * Modifies user in external database. It takes olduser (before changes) and newuser (after changes) * compares information saved modified information to external db. * * @param stdClass $olduser Userobject before modifications * @param stdClass $newuser Userobject new modified userobject * @return boolean result * */ function user_update($olduser, $newuser) { if (isset($olduser->username) and isset($newuser->username) and $olduser->username != $newuser->username) { error_log("ERROR:User renaming not allowed in ext db"); return false; } if (isset($olduser->auth) and $olduser->auth != $this->authtype) { return true; // Just change auth and skip update. } $curruser = $this->get_userinfo($olduser->username); if (empty($curruser)) { error_log("ERROR:User $olduser->username found in ext db"); return false; } $extusername = core_text::convert($olduser->username, 'utf-8', $this->config->extencoding); $authdb = $this->db_init(); $update = array(); foreach($curruser as $key=>$value) { if ($key == 'username') { continue; // Skip this. } if (empty($this->config->{"field_updateremote_$key"})) { continue; // Remote update not requested. } if (!isset($newuser->$key)) { continue; } $nuvalue = $newuser->$key; // Support for textarea fields. if (isset($nuvalue['text'])) { $nuvalue = $nuvalue['text']; } if ($nuvalue != $value) { $update[] = $this->config->{"field_map_$key"}."='".$this->ext_addslashes(core_text::convert($nuvalue, 'utf-8', $this->config->extencoding))."'"; } } if (!empty($update)) { $sql = "UPDATE {$this->config->table} SET ".implode(',', $update)." WHERE {$this->config->fielduser} = ?"; if (!$authdb->Execute($sql, array($this->ext_addslashes($extusername)))) {
< print_error('auth_dbupdateerror', 'auth_db');
> throw new \moodle_exception('auth_dbupdateerror', 'auth_db');
} } $authdb->Close(); return true; } function prevent_local_passwords() { return !$this->is_internal(); } /** * Returns true if this authentication plugin is "internal". * * Internal plugins use password hashes from Moodle user table for authentication. * * @return bool */ function is_internal() { if (!isset($this->config->passtype)) { return true; } return ($this->config->passtype === 'internal'); } /** * Returns false if this plugin is enabled but not configured. * * @return bool */ public function is_configured() { if (!empty($this->config->type)) { return true; } return false; } /** * Indicates if moodle should automatically update internal user * records with data from external sources using the information * from auth_plugin_base::get_userinfo(). * * @return bool true means automatically copy data from ext to user table */ function is_synchronised_with_external() { return true; } /** * Returns true if this authentication plugin can change the user's * password. * * @return bool */ function can_change_password() { return ($this->is_internal() or !empty($this->config->changepasswordurl)); } /** * Returns the URL for changing the user's pw, or empty if the default can * be used. * * @return moodle_url */ function change_password_url() { if ($this->is_internal() || empty($this->config->changepasswordurl)) { // Standard form. return null; } else { // Use admin defined custom url. return new moodle_url($this->config->changepasswordurl); } } /** * Returns true if plugin allows resetting of internal password. * * @return bool */ function can_reset_password() { return $this->is_internal(); } /** * Add slashes, we can not use placeholders or system functions. * * @param string $text * @return string */ function ext_addslashes($text) { if (empty($this->config->sybasequoting)) { $text = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $text); $text = str_replace(array('\'', '"', "\0"), array('\\\'', '\\"', '\\0'), $text); } else { $text = str_replace("'", "''", $text); } return $text; } /** * Test if settings are ok, print info to output. * @private */ public function test_settings() { global $CFG, $OUTPUT; // NOTE: this is not localised intentionally, admins are supposed to understand English at least a bit... raise_memory_limit(MEMORY_HUGE); if (empty($this->config->table)) { echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('auth_dbnoexttable', 'auth_db'), 'notifyproblem'); return; } if (empty($this->config->fielduser)) { echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('auth_dbnouserfield', 'auth_db'), 'notifyproblem'); return; } $olddebug = $CFG->debug; $olddisplay = ini_get('display_errors'); ini_set('display_errors', '1'); $CFG->debug = DEBUG_DEVELOPER; $olddebugauthdb = $this->config->debugauthdb; $this->config->debugauthdb = 1; error_reporting($CFG->debug); $adodb = $this->db_init(); if (!$adodb or !$adodb->IsConnected()) { $this->config->debugauthdb = $olddebugauthdb; $CFG->debug = $olddebug; ini_set('display_errors', $olddisplay); error_reporting($CFG->debug); ob_end_flush(); echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('auth_dbcannotconnect', 'auth_db'), 'notifyproblem'); return; } $rs = $adodb->Execute("SELECT * FROM {$this->config->table} WHERE {$this->config->fielduser} <> 'random_unlikely_username'"); // Any unlikely name is ok here. if (!$rs) { echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('auth_dbcannotreadtable', 'auth_db'), 'notifyproblem'); } else if ($rs->EOF) { echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('auth_dbtableempty', 'auth_db'), 'notifyproblem'); $rs->close(); } else {
< $fields_obj = $rs->FetchObj(); < $columns = array_keys((array)$fields_obj); <
> $columns = array_keys($rs->fetchRow());
echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('auth_dbcolumnlist', 'auth_db', implode(', ', $columns)), 'notifysuccess'); $rs->close(); } $adodb->Close(); $this->config->debugauthdb = $olddebugauthdb; $CFG->debug = $olddebug; ini_set('display_errors', $olddisplay); error_reporting($CFG->debug); ob_end_flush(); } /** * Clean the user data that comes from an external database. * @deprecated since 3.1, please use core_user::clean_data() instead. * @param array $user the user data to be validated against properties definition. * @return stdClass $user the cleaned user data. */ public function clean_data($user) { debugging('The method clean_data() has been deprecated, please use core_user::clean_data() instead.', DEBUG_DEVELOPER); return core_user::clean_data($user); } }