I appreciate it Thomas :) On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Ivan Pavlović <pavlovic.ivan...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Once again, thank you. If you have some advices or pointers where to start > (besides the ones you've already mentioned), how to develop my knowledge, > please feel free to share with me. > > Grateful > Tony > > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Mike Dewhirst <mi...@dewhirst.com.au>wrote: > >> On 12/09/2012 7:49am, Ivan Pavlović wrote: >> >>> Thank you Mike for your answer. I started this topic, because i have an >>> assignment at my Faculty, which requires connection between Django and >>> an LDAP (assistant insisted on 389ds). I installed Django, enabled >>> admin, logged in through Firefox. I can't make up my mind, do i need to >>> connect Django and LDAP like so that all users from LDAP can login >>> through e.g. localhost:8000/admin, or do i need to make a register/login >>> page, where users from LDAP server can login and onlu admin can login >>> from admin page? The second is mpre logical to me, but i don't know, >>> because i am new to Django and Python. >>> >> >> It is immaterial where it is hosted except localhost:8000 is usually the >> development machine running the development server. It comes with a caveat >> "not for production use". You really need a production web server for >> production. >> >> Your other questions are unanswerable without a set of specs. You can use >> the admin or not and you can use the login/auth with your own app and/or >> the admin depending on the url you use. Users can be permitted to use the >> admin or not depending on user.is_staff >> >> There is no substitute for getting started. >> >> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Mike Dewhirst <mi...@dewhirst.com.au >>> <mailto:mi...@dewhirst.com.au>**> wrote: >>> >>> On 11/09/2012 4:14am, Tony wrote: >>> >>> Hi everybody, >>> >>> I am new to Django and Python, and right now, i am going through >>> the >>> documentation. I have an assignment at my Faculty, where i need >>> to >>> install Django, 389ds LDAP server (where i have to store my >>> users) and i >>> need to somehow connect them two, so i can auth users from LDAP >>> when >>> logging into Django. i have read some documentation, and i saw a >>> massive >>> lines of code, add this, add that, and i don't get any of that. >>> >>> >>> I think the best first step is to tightly specify your requirements. >>> There are lots of different approaches and your choice of available >>> open source depends a lot on what you want to do. For example, you >>> may be interested in ldap group membership being related to Django >>> groups. >>> >>> Being new to Python and Django isn't a problem. Look at Mark >>> Pilgrim's Dive into Python (the first one which covers Python 2.x) >>> then do the Django tutorials up to the point where the Django Admin >>> is working for you. That will demonstrate "add this, add that" and >>> make it easier for you. Also, install pip for fetching this and that! >>> >>> The Django Admin auth will happily/easily accept external auth >>> backends. >>> >>> I have stopped using ldap nowadays but when I had it working the >>> general principle employed was to query the ldap server and if it >>> authenticated the offered userid and password AND the userid didn't >>> exist in the Django user table, the backend inserted a new record. >>> >>> >From my own experience I can recommend you start with a plan to >>> unit test absolutely everything. 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