Doesnt the firstname, lastname and email set the values only on auth_user table? If its only setting it locally in the reviewboard database, wouldnt it be possible to include those variables even if the "auth_backend" is not "builtin"?
The current preferences screen shows those 3 variables only if auth_backend is builtin. -- Raja On Feb 23, 6:29 am, Christian Hammond <chip...@chipx86.com> wrote: > 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 - chip...@chipx86.com > Review Board -http://www.reviewboard.org > VMware, Inc. -http://www.vmware.com > > > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Stodge <sto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks. So I would need to write a custom backend/middleware instead? > > > On Feb 22, 3:20 pm, Stephen Gallagher <step...@gallagherhome.com> > > 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 athttp://www.reviewboard.org/users/ > > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > reviewboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<reviewboard%2bunsubscr...@googlegr > > oups.com> > > 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 reviewboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/reviewboard?hl=en
