Nice, this could be useful for admin too. it is annoying to login for admin in localhost sometimes.
Bruno Rocha http://about.me/rochacbruno/bio 2011/1/21 selecta <[email protected]> > http://www.web2pyslices.com/main/slices/take_slice/118 > > if you have an application that has access control it can be annoying > to log in every time even though you are on localhost. This small > snippet will automatically log you in as the first user when you come > from localhost > > > put the following in your db.py model (or any other) > import os.path > if not auth.is_logged_in() and db(db.auth_user.id>0).count() and not > os.path.exists(os.path.join(request.folder, 'LOCK')) and > (request.env.remote_addr in '127.0.0.1 localhost'.split()): > from gluon.storage import Storage > user = db(db.auth_user.id==1).select().first() > auth.user = Storage(auth.settings.table_user._filter_fields(user, > id=True)) > auth.environment.session.auth = Storage(user=user, > last_visit=request.now, > > expiration=auth.settings.expiration) > response.flash = 'You were automatically logged in as %s %s.<br/> > To prevent this create the file %s'%(user.first_name, user.last_name, > os.path.join(request.folder, 'LOCK')) > > You will be automatically logged in as the first user if you call your > web2py app from localhost or 127.0.0.1 you can prevent this behavior > by creating a file called LOCK in your application root directory
