Thanks. Looks like I misunderstood GAE authentication. As I now understand matters, if I enable Google authentication for my app, then it's *available*, but not enforced unless I explicitly code something up using the Auth API, or set up a security constraint in web.xml. Which is perfect.
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 05:02, Chau <[email protected]> wrote: > Please take a look into > http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/config/webxml.html#Security_and_Authentication > if it helps. > Most often, the answer from the groups for custom authenticate / > authorization (particular set of users in your post) is to build your > own one. > Thanks > > On Apr 30, 1:41 am, Craig Berry <[email protected]> wrote: >> ...Or to put my earlier question a different way, what's the "right" >> or easy way to accomplish that kind of part-public, >> part-login-protected design in GAE? >> >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 09:27, Craig Berry <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I am building a GAE app which acts something like a CMS. Authenticated >> > users in a particular set can manipulate content in the datastore, but >> > anyone can see a page that is a read-only view of that data. I'd >> > really like the latter page to be truly public, not requiring >> > authentication to view. Is there a way to control the requirement for >> > authentication by URL within a single app? >> >> > I'm using Java, if that matters. >> >> > -- >> > Craig Berry -http://lapidum.org/home.html >> > "Magicians lie to the universe, and the >> > universe believes them." -- Lenore Berry >> >> -- >> Craig Berry -http://lapidum.org/home.html >> "Magicians lie to the universe, and the >> universe believes them." -- Lenore Berry >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- Craig Berry - http://lapidum.org/home.html "Magicians lie to the universe, and the universe believes them." -- Lenore Berry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
