I would be interested in learning more. do you have any samples you could share? On Nov 15, 2012 8:52 PM, "dlypka" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I recently devised some changes to globals.py and main.py to allow a > non-cookies client to log into web2py and keep the same > session record between requests, just as a browser does. In my case the > client is a PhoneGap app and I hit web2py through > HTTP. I store the web2py session record id on the client in HTML 5 local > storage, so that the client can sent it along with > each request to tell web2py what session to reconnect to. A similar > approach would probably work from a Windows App. > > On Thursday, November 15, 2012 4:34:22 PM UTC-6, Jim S wrote: >> >> My main concern is that with this being a desktop app that I don't want >> to have to keep the latest versions of those files on the client machines. >> >> I switched my desktop authorization to read the Windows username and then >> match it to a username in the auth_user table and rely on the Windows >> authentication to ensure that user is logged in properly. I validate that >> they are on the proper domain and they are logged in with an id in the >> table. >> >> Now I don't need to worry about keep those files current on multiple >> clients. >> >> -Jim >> >> On Thursday, November 15, 2012 2:01:12 PM UTC-6, Niphlod wrote: >>> >>> ehm.... validators.py (if not all, just crypt and lazycrypt, plus >>> Validator original class), utils.py and pbkdf2 is all you need. >>> >>> On Thursday, November 15, 2012 6:32:03 PM UTC+1, Jim S wrote: >>>> >>>> Sounds like there is no easy way to do it. I looked through that code >>>> and it seems pretty involved. I was hoping to do this without needing the >>>> web2py libs and such. >>>> >>>> -Jim >>>> >>>> On Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:14:09 AM UTC-6, Niphlod wrote: >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/web2py/**web2py/blob/master/gluon/**tools.py#L1776<https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/gluon/tools.py#L1776> >>>>> that basically calls the validators attached by default to a password >>>>> field >>>>> https://github.com/web2py/**web2py/blob/master/gluon/**tools.py#L1479<https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/gluon/tools.py#L1479> >>>>> i.e. you just have to import the validator CRYPT and check with that >>>>> passing the correct parameters >>>>> https://github.com/web2py/**web2py/blob/master/gluon/** >>>>> validators.py#L2659<https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/gluon/validators.py#L2659> >>>>> >>>>> PS: CRYPT was easier to follow before the introduction of the pdfbk2 >>>>> algo, but it's quite straightforward if you are willing to cut off >>>>> backward-compatibility >>>>> (that required lazycrypt https://github.com/web2py/** >>>>> web2py/blob/master/gluon/**validators.py#L2581<https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/gluon/validators.py#L2581> >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> -- > > > > --
