Have worked out the answer; and it's an obvious answer. auth_user.username can be set to a linkedin user's profile id.
On Oct 13, 5:19 pm, Carl <carl.ro...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi > > In my web2py login is done using oauth (via LinkedIn). > > How does Web2py differentiate between users? > > Without oauth I can see in the table auth_user that email is unique > and can be mapped. > > When I login using a LinkedIn account I don't see anything unique in > auth_user. > > What am I missing / not setting ? > > thanks