Summary

In the 1.x version of simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp, the publicly accessible directory is "www" (see https://simplesamlphp.org/docs/1.16/simplesamlphp-modules.html).

Per a change in the master branch of 2.x on January 27, 2023, the directory will now be "public":

Impact

Sites that try to update to simplesamlphp_auth 4.x without changing their configuration will get an authentication failure at the url simplesaml/module.php/saml/sp/saml2-acs.php/default-sp, with the message "File not found."

Proposed change

Although this change is part of the simplesamlphp library, rather than the simplesamlphp_auth module, Drupal sites transitioning from the 3.x version of simplesamlphp_auth to 4.x (in conjunction with the transition from Drupal 9 to Drupal 10) will likely need to make a change to their configuration.

This module should call out this change as part of documentation on updating from simplesamlphp_auth 3.x to 4.x, and it should link to the relevant documentation in https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/blob/master/docs/simplesa...

This issue will be relevant for most sites that use Composer to retrieve this module (which should be most sites these days). Discussion of using a symlink to point to the (previously) www (now) public directory is found in the current README at https://git.drupalcode.org/project/simplesamlphp_auth/-/blob/8.x-3.x/REA... and, for example, can be found in #2915568: Installing the module causes exception and Drupal whitescreen.

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Title: Document that simplesamlphp 2.x directory change (www to public) » Document simplesamlphp 2.x directory change (www to public)
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robbdavis commented

I'm getting this 'file not found' errror at simplesaml/module.php/saml/sp/saml2-acs.php/default-sp.

But the docs above are not clear on how or where to fix this in config.

What needs to change exactly?

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drupalgreenhorn commented

Hi, I have exactly the same issue,
1.I'm getting this 'file not found' errror at
"simplesaml/module.php/saml/sp/saml2-acs.php/default-sp", this is the endpoints my simplesamlphp SPprovided to my shibboleth IDP.
2. I am getting 'file not found' errror at
simplesaml/admin/
3. In my local development instance, when I try to pull out the simplesamlphp web interface at /simplesaml/
I am getting "Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource."

I have read the links that Mark provided a couple of times. The docs above are not clear on how or where to fix this in config.

What needs to change exactly? Seems like I need to add some config parameters in setting.php file per this www to public folder change.

Will you please further clarify what paramaters are needed per this change?

Thank you

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This can vary depending on where/how the simplesamlphp lib is installed but, given a typical drupal project structure like:

  project_root
    ...
    /docroot
    ...
    /vendor
      /simplesamlphp

where /docroot (or /www, /web, etc.) is your public web folder. For previous versions you have a symlink named simplesaml that points to the www directory in the simplesamlphp vendor lib:

project_root/docroot/simplesaml -> ../vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/www

In the latest version, www has been renamed to public, so your symlink must be updated accordingly:

project_root/docroot/simplesaml -> ../vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/public

Again, this is a typical setup — adjust according to your project structure — and there are other ways as well.

Hope that helps!

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drupalgreenhorn commented

justcaldwell

Thank you so much for such detailed infor.

per this https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/blob/master/docs/simplesa...
I found that in my drupal project, I do have a symlink under
/web/
and I modified it as
/web% ln -sf ../vendor/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/public simplesaml

which works!

Thank you again!

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robbdavis commented

Yes. Thanks @justcladwell!

For those on Pantehon, fyi, in the config.php, you'll need to set the 'loggingdir' to null.
'loggingdir' => NULL,

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swetaranjan commented

I am also getting the same issue. However after changing to WWW , still its not working. Any help ??