On 3/10/06, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> OK, I was confused about why Django still needs usernames in its
> database even though LDAP is the new authentication method. I thought
> it would require authenticating via LDAP, then checking for the user
> _and_ pass in Django's database. I
OK, I was confused about why Django still needs usernames in its
database even though LDAP is the new authentication method. I thought
it would require authenticating via LDAP, then checking for the user
_and_ pass in Django's database. I didn't realize that I will only
have to copy the
>Another issue that would create problems is
>adding users to LDAP directly -- Django wouldn't know about those users
Yes, but you create the user in django on login attempts to django
sites.
If LDAP auth successfukl:
search user DB
if not found:
add usert to db based on ldap
Sure that would work, but it sounds like a lot of work, and it's
duplicating a lot of data. Another issue that would create problems is
adding users to LDAP directly -- Django wouldn't know about those users.
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If it was my decision I'd simply use Django's authentication.
Unfortunately it's my supervisor's decision, and he wants me to use
LDAP _exclusively_ so that's what I have to do.
I don't know much about LDAP, but from what I understand users can be
grouped based on their level of access. For
Whats the problem with faking a user ?
I would reccomend during you LDAP auth code you simple create a user in
django.users if it doesnt already exit. This can be compeltly
transparent to the user, they will never know.
I tend to like to have to setup users to my small admin sites, cause
Is there any good documentation for implementing LDAP with Django?
The admin feature of Django is awesome and I'd love to use it, but in
addition to the need for LDAP my app will have to parse uploaded CSV
files in order to populate certain database tables simply because there
is far too much
Joseph,
Here is a link to the rails+lap wiki entry:
http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowtoAuthenticateViaLdap
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On 3/7/06, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I've read about a 'hack' Jason Huggins posted a month ago. He
> implements LDAP support for his Django app, but it requires every user
> to be in both LDAP and the user database table. This seems pointless
> to me. Either you use Django's built-in
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