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. > > 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. > > 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?
OK, I've finished the rewrite and I'd appreciate any comments. I'd also appreciate it if someone could point me to (or provide) the information on encrypted passwords I'll try to incorporate that. We also need to explain how the permissions are used to respond to the comments about ownership and permissions. So there's still a ways to go. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
