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Why is my username showing as shibboleth after upgrading EZproxy

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Symptom
  • The username is now showing shibboleth in the log files after upgrading EZproxy.
Applies to
  • Version 6.6.2+ using SAML authentication 
Resolution

Here is how to resolve the Username from coming over as Shibboleth for all the users:

  1. Open the shibuser.txt file
  2. Update attribute names to be quoted.  See the below examples comparing the Old and New syntax.
Set login:loguser = auth:urn:mace:dir:attribute-def:eduPersonTargetedID        Old
Set login:loguser = auth:"urn:mace:dir:attribute-def:eduPersonTargetedID"      New
Set login:loguser = auth:http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/claims/Email               Old
Set login:loguser = auth:"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/claims/Email"             New
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