[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I was wondering of someone could steer me in the right direction. > > We have a package that we would like to "secure" so that only specific > individuals can access specific portions of the application. Our > wxPython application will revolve around updating a central database > with information submitted from the app. We will eventually have a web > front end fo rsome aspects of the app. > > With several packages I have seen options to "Use Windows > Authentication", which seems to mean that "If the user has > authenticated and signed onto Windows, then our application will use > their windows userid and we will just focus on the the tasks within our > application the user is authorized to perform" > > Does anyone have any experience using this type of authentication > scheme ? > > Any related tips or suggestions ? > > I have found a few wikipedia entries, but they seem to be more related > to webpages, etc. > > Thanks. >
The pywin32 package includes the functions needed to do this type of authentication. See \win32\Demos\security\sspi for some examples that work out of the box with NTLM. Roger ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list