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[Kristina Hoeppner <1929488@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Tags added: webservices

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Title:
  Dynamically decide on authentication method for web services accounts

Status in Mahara:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When accounts are created via web services, the default authentication
  method is set to 'internal' in
  /webservice/wsdoc.php?functionname=mahara_user_create_users 'auth:
  string (safedir) Default "internal"' and will need to be overwritten
  specifically.

  It would be better, if the default was the authentication method
  listed first on the institution's setting screen. That way, it is
  easier to see what the authentication method is.

  Currently, the priority order of the authentication methods for an
  institution determines the order in which the auth methods are tested
  when someone tries to log in. Therefore, I think it could be well used
  to for the web services accounts as most accounts for an organisation
  will be created that way and thus determining the default auth method
  based on the priority order would be good.

  It will continue to be possible to determine a specific auth method
  for web services accounts if the more dynamic way would not work for
  an organisation.

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