Kevin Monceaux wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 01:02:21PM -0600, Steve Holden wrote: > >> I thought I'd have a stab at improving the identity management tutorial at >> >> http://docs.turbogears.org/1.0/IdentityManagment >> >> Unfortunately CatWalk is breaking down after I create my first user when >> I try to add a new group. > > Thanks for pointing out the Identity Management tutorial and taking a stab > at improving it. I hadn't found the tutorial before seeing your post. > Yeah, finding TG documentation is sometimes a bit like taking a walk in the dark - you find things by stubbing your toes and barking your shins :-) It's improving slowly, though. I decided to try and fix up the tutorial because I won't be able to attend the docs sprint but I want to help.
> I've went through the first part of the tutorial myself. I also had a > little trouble with CatWalk. I was able to add a group but couldn't add the > user to the admin group. For some reason I have no "expansion triangles" as > described in the tutorial. Oh well. As they say, when all else fails - > improvise. I used the shell to add the user to the admin group. > I instead tried restarting the server that CatWalk ran on, and lo I could create the group and add a user to it. Oh well, forward progress is good. > Two things I noticed that bother me. First, the password is visible when > it's entered in CatWalk. It should be masked. Second, the password is > stored in the database in plain text. It should at least be hashed, and > preferrably a salted hash. Are there any configuration options to change > either of the above? > I have no idea. I somehow doubt it - I haven't actually looked at the code that implements the authentication yet :-) regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
