2006/2/27, Timothy Freund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 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
I have started learning turbogears a weeks ago when I was searching something more similar to ruby on rails. I have a background in zope and I must say that turbogears is amazing. I had started an application in zope, but I think I will switch it to tg. Even if it's still not in stable branch, the potential is astonishing. LDAP would be a must to enterprise adoption. Often simple ldap support make people perception of an application jump from normal to professionnal. I would inevitably use this for my own project , +1. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
