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[Simon Story <simon.story@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fair question, it's the SAML module that has this restriction. I thought
it was generic. Looking at the code, the XMLRPC probably also has this
restriction.

See line 154 of htdocs/auth/xmlrpc/lib.php and line 124 of
htdocs/auth/saml/lib.php . The plugin blocks auto-creation if any
institution configured has registerallowed = 1 .

You don't encounter this bug if you add the SAML authentication to the
default ('mahara') institution first, because after you do that, by
default each subsequent institution you create has registerallowed = 0.
Then the option to set registration is hidden and you can't get into
this situation.

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Title:
  Authentication plugin user autocreation can become impossible

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  New

Bug description:
  It is possible to put yourself in a situation where users having users
  auto-created by an authentication plugin is impossible.

  By design, for auto-creation to happen, all institutions must be
  registerallowed = 0 .

  By design, when an authentication plugin is added to an institution,
  registerallowed is set to 0. But it is not set for all institutions,
  if multiple exist.

  Once an authentication plugin is added to an institution, via the web
  interface the control to toggle registerallowed for an institution is
  hidden.

  To reproduce from a fresh installation of Mahara:
  Create an institution
  Set config item usersuniquebyusername = 1
  Add and configure an authentication plugin
  Attempt to login with with a new user that should autocreate, which will fail because the 'mahara' institution will still have registerallowed = 1

  To workaround:
  Connect to the database and set registerallowed = 0 for all institutions, eg 'UPDATE institution set registerallowed = 0 ;'.

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