Olivier,
Look at this -
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1057149/django-users-and-authentication-from-external-source
I imagine your problem comes from the fact that django.contrib.auth
User is tied to the DB
Sam
On Jan 18, 12:09 am, Olivier Détour <chino540...@gmail.com> wrote:
> up
>
> 2010/1/16 Détour Olivier <chino540...@gmail.com>:
>
>
>
> > Hi,
> > I would create my own auth backend. I tried to understand and trace
> > source code.
> > I want to create an internal DB with SHA1 and username.
> > But I cannot login, Django says me I do not set DB ENGINE. I would not
> > use something like MySQL or any DB Engine.
>
> > Here is my source code:
> > mybackend.py:
>
> > from django.contrib.auth.models import User
> > from django.contrib.auth.backends import RemoteUserBackend
>
> > class MyUser (User):
> > def save (self):
> > """saving to DB disabled"""
> > pass
>
> > objects = None # we cannot really use this w/o local DB
> > username = "" # and all the other properties likewise.
> > # They're defined as model.CharField or similar,
> > # and we can't allow that
>
> > def get_group_permissions (self):
> > """If you don't make your own permissions module,
> > the default also will use the DB. Throw it away"""
> > return [] # likewise with the other permission defs
>
> > def get_and_delete_messages (self):
> > """Messages are stored in the DB. Darn!"""
> > return []
>
> > class WWWBackend (RemoteUserBackend):
> > # Create a User object if not already in the database?
> > create_unknown_user = False
>
> > def get_user (self, user_id):
> > user = somehow_create_an_instance_of(MyUser, user_id)
> > return user
>
> > def authenticate (self, username=None, password=None):
> > if username == "lol" and password == "lol":
> > user = MyUser(username=username, password=password)
> > return user
> > return None
>
> > my view.py:
>
> > from django import forms
> > from django.core.context_processors import csrf
> > from django.template import RequestContext, loader
> > from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
> > from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login
>
> > #! Form Upload Object
> > class LoginForm (forms.Form):
> > user = forms.CharField(widget = forms.TextInput)
> > password = forms.CharField(widget = forms.PasswordInput)
>
> > def index(request):
> > if request.method == 'POST':
> > form = LoginForm(request.POST)
> > if form.is_valid():
> > # FIXME: Check if file is good.
> > #handle_uploaded_torrent(request.FILES['file'])
> > username = request.POST['user']
> > password = request.POST['password']
> > user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
> > if user is not None:
> > login(request, user)
>
> > return HttpResponseRedirect('/')
> > else:
> > form = LoginForm()
>
> > t = loader.get_template('template/index.html')
> > c = RequestContext(request, {
> > 'login_form': form,
> > })
> > return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
>
> > Thanks for reponses,
> > Regards,
>
> --
> Olivier Détour
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