Or we should figure out a scheme to allow for setting that on other backends. Could check an attribute on the backend. Maybe assume that we can set that info and have a flag for turning it off, which LDAP, NIS, etc. can do.
Christian -- Christian Hammond - [email protected] Review Board - http://www.reviewboard.org VMware, Inc. - http://www.vmware.com On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Stodge <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. So I would need to write a custom backend/middleware instead? > > On Feb 22, 3:20 pm, Stephen Gallagher <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 02/22/2010 03:10 PM, Stodge wrote:> I'm using the remote user > middleware/backend to support basic http > > > authentication: > > > > > 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware', > > > > > and it seems to work nicely with Review Board. Apache forces a user to > > > login and then this middleware/backend automatically creates the user > > > in Django. The user is then "interrupted" and redirected to their > > > account page. Normally (as you know) the user is forced to enter their > > > first/last names and their email address. However, using the remote > > > middleware/backend the user is only asked to enable/disable syntax > > > highlighting. They're not forced to enter their names and email > > > address. Any ideas why this might be? Thanks > > > > Data received from the custom auth backend is authoritative. Anything > > you would enter as a first/last name or email would be overwritten by > > whatever the backend decided it should be. > > -- > Want to help the Review Board project? Donate today at > http://www.reviewboard.org/donate/ > Happy user? Let us know at http://www.reviewboard.org/users/ > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<reviewboard%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/reviewboard?hl=en > -- Want to help the Review Board project? Donate today at http://www.reviewboard.org/donate/ Happy user? Let us know at http://www.reviewboard.org/users/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/reviewboard?hl=en
