I'll be working on this just a little bit today, and then I'll be full time on it tonight. I'll send out another update then. I may end up with a couple of questions, but so far the code has been easy to understand -- thanks for making it easy to jump in to Identity, Jeff!
Thanks, Tim Jeff Watkins wrote: > Tim, if you need any help with this, don't hesitate to drop me a > line. I don't have the time to personally write it, but I'll answer > any questions you might have. > > On 27 Feb, 2006, at 1:05 am, Timothy Freund wrote: > > >>Here is a quick update on my IdentityProvider progress -- since Sergio >>no longer immediately needs the CASIdentityProvider I started work >>on an >>LdapIdentityProvider this weekend. LDAP authentication is a little >>more >>conventional compared to CAS, so I thought it would be a better >>place to >>jump in and learn. It is starting to take shape, but I have some >>rough >>edges to smooth out before releasing the code into the wild. >> >>I think that the LdapIdentityProvider will be a great resource for >>people in corporate environments since most businesses big enough to >>write internal applications have all of their users stored in a >>directory of some sort (Active Directory, Sun One, OpenLDAP, etc). >> >>The idea is to authenticate users against an LDAP directory and to >>pull >>most of their basic user information (name, email, phone number and >>more) from the directory as well. There is still a tg_user table >>in the >>database but it only contains an id and a username. The table's >>primary >>purpose is to provide referential integrity against the visit records >>and other business objects. >> >>I'd enjoy hearing any comments or criticism about the idea. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Tim >> >> >> >>Timothy Freund wrote: >> >>>Jeff Watkins wrote: >>> >>>>Actually the best way to implement this would be to write a >>>>CasIdentityProvider class and use that instead of >>>>SqlObjectIdentityProvider. Ultimately, it is the IdentityProvider >>>>classes that are responsible for determining who the request is >>>>from. >>> >>> >>>Thanks for pointing me in the right direction -- I will be able to >>>really dig in and get that working over this weekend. >>> >>>Tim >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>Timothy Freund >>http://digital-achievement.com >>http://edodyssey.com >> >> > > > -- > Jeff Watkins > http://newburyportion.com/ > > Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It > made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to > pass it on. > -- (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather) > > > > -- Timothy Freund http://digital-achievement.com http://edodyssey.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
