I'm running Django 1.3.1 on FreeBSD + Apache2.2 inside an intranet. I do not grok authentication, so here is my problem and a question about how I can solve it (maybe). What I need is the name of the user who hits the application. I don't care about the password, I just need to know who they are. I've been unable to get the REMOTE_USER from Apache, mainly because I think Apache doesn't know it either (no authentication is used on the httpd.conf).
I thought (here's my maybe solution) I might create a bunch of users in Django by parsing the /etc/passwd database. Then at least each user would have the same username/password they use to login to the network. Is that possible? Is there a better way to get the username? thanks, --Tim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/qO-mxTOE0joJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
