On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:53 AM, PeteDK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 20 Aug., 17:56, "Emily Rodgers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: django-users@googlegroups.com
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Holden
> > > Sent: 20 August 2008 16:37
> > > To: django-users@googlegroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: how to locate the OS currently logged in user??
> >
> > > PeteDK wrote:
> > > > Hi.
> >
> > > > I want to retreive the name of the currently logged in user
> > > on the OS
> > > > on which my django app lives.
> > > > Is this possible?
> >
> > > > The thing is. The app is to be used in a private
> > > environment, so all
> > > > the users have to log on to the webserver first(this cant
> > > be changed).
> > > > I would be nice to avoid having them to log into the django app
> > > > afterwards.
> >
> > > > So after they are logged into the webserver it would be
> > > fair to assume
> > > > they are authorised users and if i could just locate their
> > > OS username
> > > > somehow then i could use this username to login the current
> > > user, in
> > > > the background with a standard password.
> >
> > > > I hope you get my meaning:)
> >
> > > > i have looked into the python standard library, and a module named
> > > > getpass() however i cant get i to work:-(
> >
> > > > i hope someone has a clever idea to solve this problem.
> >
> > > You seem to be assuming that the server is always accessed
> > > from a browser running on the same machine. You should
> > > guarantee this by running Django only on the 127.0.0.1
> > > interface. As has already been pointed out, they need not be
> > > the only user logged on, however.
> >
> > It does seem like a really odd thing to do. Are you sure you don't just
> > want to find out the user viewing the webapp via a browser (who has
> > already authenticated in a system other than django)?
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> Well yeah that is what i want. I'm sorry if i haven't explained myself
> well enough.
> The system works like this: The user follows a link to the django app.
> The app is stored on a server which requires authentication. (This way
> the users can use the same password for the server as they use on the
> rest of the system.) What i want is i want to know the user who is
> trying to view the django app, so that i can, in the background, log
> this user into the django app. This way they dont have to have 2
> separate user accounts with 2 separate passwords.
>
What do you mean when you say "the server requires authentication"? How are
users accessing the server? Are they SSH-ing in or do you mean they are
accessing a different web site hosted on this server and are authenticating
through that?
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> So i dont need to know the users password, just the username. Because
> then i can use this to find a corresponding username in the django app
> and log the user in this way. i hope i made it more clear :-)
>
> But actually i think the first solution would work find:
>
> namelist = [line.split()[0] for line in commands.getoutput("/usr/bin/
> who").split("\n")]
> userLoggingIn = namelist[-1]
>
> unless there can be problems with using the latest user entry in the
> namelist?
> >
>
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