If phpBB support LDAP, you could use LDAP for authentication/permissions for Trac.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:03 PM, John Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chuck Esterbrook wrote: > > -- My own hack to have Trac read another database for user logins (but > > within the same server, so maybe not too bad). I don't know if this is > > feasible as Trac may wish to write information back. Then again, maybe > > I can take that over too. > > Your best bet is to create an IPasswordStore implementation. This way > you can configure the account manager plugin to use your backend and > have your backend grab user/password info from the phpBB installation. > > As I have never used phpBB before, I don't know how hard this will be, > but assuming that all phpBB does is store username/password hashes in a > DB that you have access to, then it'll be easy. > > The documentation for the IPasswordStore interface is here: > > http://trac-hacks.org/browser/accountmanagerplugin/trunk/acct_mgr/api.py#L15 > > Also, if you have any questions, hop on #trac. There are generally > multiple people there that have had experience with implementing > IPasswordStore. > > -John > > > > > > -- Manu --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Users" 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/trac-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
