A problem arises when a wiki with the OpenID extension is set to allow OpenID logins only ($wgOpenIDOnly=true), and when a user page url shall serve as OpenID identity to another (wiki, non-wiki) site, and when no password is set in the user's account.
The authentication process which is initiated by the other site then talks to our wiki with the extension and prompts the user for their password - if they are not logged in by cookie or session.
But there is no possibility for users to assign a password by themselves because normal logins are disabled when having $wgOpenIDOnly=true.
There is also no way to let simply a temporary password be mailed, because users cannot access the standard login page.
I will find a solution to this dilemma.
Also the theoretically possible solution "user must first login to the Wiki usign OpenID and "change" their password does not work, because this currently requires the knowledge of the "old" password - but there is no which is known to the user"
(filed for better tracking)
Version: unspecified
Severity: major
URL: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenID#Using_a_MediaWiki_account_as_an_OpenID_.28MediaWiki_as_OpenID_Server.29
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29135