Hi Tim, I'm not totally sure, but I don't think this will work. You could parse the passwd file to get the usernames, but the passwords are encrypted. Since you don't have the system's decryption key, you would not be able to determine the password. If you just used what is in /etc/shadow it would not match the password that the users enter when they try to authenticate in Django.
I would suggest using Django's built-in authentication system. Then when a user goes to your site, and enters their credentials, you will be able to access the user information in the view with request.user (assuming "request" is your view's first parameter name). Django's documentation is a lifesaver, here's setting up User Authentication: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/auth/ Here's accessing session information when a user is logged in. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/http/sessions/ Finally, you can use the decorator @login_required for views that require authentication. However, I found it easier for many applications that use site-wide authentication (usually the case with intranet development) to use middleware to require login for every page. I implemented something similar to this and it works perfectly.: http://onecreativeblog.com/post/59051248/django-login-required-middleware You're want to study up on how middleware works, here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/http/middleware/ Good Luck, Furbee On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Tim <jtim.arn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm running Django 1.3.1 on FreeBSD + Apache2.2 inside an intranet. > > I do not grok authentication, so here is my problem and a question about > how I can solve it (maybe). > What I need is the name of the user who hits the application. I don't care > about the password, I just need to know who they are. I've been unable to > get the REMOTE_USER from Apache, mainly because I think Apache doesn't know > it either (no authentication is used on the httpd.conf). > > I thought (here's my maybe solution) I might create a bunch of users in > Django by parsing the /etc/passwd database. Then at least each user would > have the same username/password they use to login to the network. > > Is that possible? Is there a better way to get the username? > thanks, > --Tim > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/qO-mxTOE0joJ. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
