Web2py can do all this with a bit of work as shown already. I am curious about your 3d skills as I have been looking for some people to help create a game similar to the old wizardry but using a web-based interface. If you interested in side project like this, drop me a personal email and we can look into it together. BR, Jason Brower
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Massimo Di Pierro < massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Welcome Panupat > Other users may have more to say on this issue, anyway ... > > web2py has pluggable login methods. One is gluon/contrib/login_methods/ > ldap_auth.py. It contains an example of how to use it. It will allow > you to login using Active Directory using LDAP. > > More complex is the issue with groups. Web2py has its own mechanism > for creating groups and checking membership. > > There is a third party python module to get Active Directory groups > and membership (http://timgolden.me.uk/python/ > ad_cookbook.html#find_a_user_quick). > > Somehow you need to put the two together. > > One option is to extend the class Auth in gluon/tools.py and overload > methods add_group, del_group, add_membership, del_membership, > has_membership to use the active directory APIs internally. > > Another option is to use Auth as it is an periodically runs a > background script that syncs the web2py database with the ative > directory once. > > I am sorry but if there is a simpler solution I have not seen one. > > Massimo > > > > > > On Jan 30, 4:25 am, Panupat <panup...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just discovered web2py. I'm wondering if web2py is the right choice > > for me. > > > > Would greatly appreciate any input :) > > > > A little background is that I'm a PHP user and a 3D artist. So Python > > has always been on the top of the to-learn list because it can be used > > with MAX and MAYA. I recently was given an assignment to create a > > website for internal use across our LAN network. I'm given a HUGE > > amount of time so I am using this opportunity to eventually learn > > Python. > > > > Here are some of the specifications of my current assignment and I > > really would really love to know if web2py provides functionality to > > make them happen without much fuss. > > > > - username and password will be authenticated against Windows Acrive > > Directory > > > > - User group also determines by Active Directory groups. > > > > - Everything else will be in MySQL. > > > > - A lot of real time drag-and-drop using javascript on the front end. > > The back end will have to be able to respond to a lot of small > > requests and update database accordingly. > > > > Everything else are generic web stuff so my main concern is only the 4 > > specs mentioned above. > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > best regards, > > Panupat. > > > > :) >
