#10809: mod_wsgi authentication handler
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Reporter: baumer1122 | Owner: nobody
Status: new | Milestone:
Component: Authentication | Version: SVN
Resolution: | Keywords: mod_wsgi
Stage: Unreviewed | Has_patch: 1
Needs_docs: 1 | Needs_tests: 0
Needs_better_patch: 1 |
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Changes (by mtredinnick):
* needs_better_patch: 0 => 1
* needs_docs: 0 => 1
Comment:
Graham's point about authentication versus authorisation is correct here.
The permissions somebody has is authorisation and the "auth" backends are
abbreviation for ''authentication'' (yes, ambiguously named, but
consistently implemented. And, yes, the HTTP header naming has to be
looked at in just the right way not to appear to be incorrect, so that
doesn't help).
A few things to consider for subsequent versions:
1. Part of the patch would have to change the docs/ directory. Right now,
there's no documentation.
2. If you're adding some kind of authorisation helpers, why are they only
appropriate for this pathway and not every other authentication backend?
That's the question I'd be asking myself and it really comes down to
whether you're proposing two features here (which should be split into
separate tickets): an authentication handler for modwsgi and a way to also
fold in permission checking for authentication handlers, which should be
more holistic and integrate with all authentication backends.
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Ticket URL: <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/10809#comment:2>
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