Here is a quick update on my IdentityProvider progress -- since Sergio no longer immediately needs the CASIdentityProvider I started work on an LdapIdentityProvider this weekend. LDAP authentication is a little more conventional compared to CAS, so I thought it would be a better place to jump in and learn. It is starting to take shape, but I have some rough edges to smooth out before releasing the code into the wild.
I think that the LdapIdentityProvider will be a great resource for people in corporate environments since most businesses big enough to write internal applications have all of their users stored in a directory of some sort (Active Directory, Sun One, OpenLDAP, etc). The idea is to authenticate users against an LDAP directory and to pull most of their basic user information (name, email, phone number and more) from the directory as well. There is still a tg_user table in the database but it only contains an id and a username. The table's primary purpose is to provide referential integrity against the visit records and other business objects. I'd enjoy hearing any comments or criticism about the idea. Thanks, Tim Timothy Freund wrote: > Jeff Watkins wrote: > > Actually the best way to implement this would be to write a > > CasIdentityProvider class and use that instead of > > SqlObjectIdentityProvider. Ultimately, it is the IdentityProvider > > classes that are responsible for determining who the request is from. > > > Thanks for pointing me in the right direction -- I will be able to > really dig in and get that working over this weekend. > > Tim > > > -- Timothy Freund http://digital-achievement.com http://edodyssey.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" 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/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
