Tim, if you need any help with this, don't hesitate to drop me a line. I don't have the time to personally write it, but I'll answer any questions you might have.
On 27 Feb, 2006, at 1:05 am, Timothy Freund wrote: > > 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 > > -- Jeff Watkins http://newburyportion.com/ Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on. -- (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
