That's awesome and what we need for the project: https://launchpad.net/account-plugin-owncloud
So reading up on HTTP auth -here I come! -- Vänlig hälsning / Yours sincerely, Daniel Holm IT Consultant Web Developer Student, Political Science [email protected] http://www.danielholm.se ons 2014-08-20 klockan 09:50 +0300 skrev Alberto Mardegan: > On 08/20/2014 12:09 AM, Michał Sawicz wrote: > > W dniu 19.08.2014 o 16:32, Daniel Holm pisze: > >> Since I don't really know that that means anyways I'm inclined to ask > >> what the issue with http(s) auth would be; that we would have to store > >> username and password instead of a key? > > > > Yes, and not having control over what has access to (what) in your > > account. Basically until you change your password, the account service > > has full access to your ownCloud. > > In Ubuntu Touch case, this is not 100% correct: while it's true that you > cannot control what an application will do once it gets the ownCloud > username and password, we *do* control what applications have access to > the ownCloud account. > When the account is first created, no application can use it. Once an > application requests to use the ownCloud account, the user will be > presented with a visual choice (authorize the app for this account, > authorize the app for a new ownCloud account, or deny). Until the access > is authorized, the application will not be able to retrieve the ownCloud > password. > > (OAuth is generally better because it has the concept of "permission > scopes", but OTOH not all services using OAuth make use of that feature) > > Ciao, > Alberto > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
