Re: Multiple authentication sources to one database

2010-09-02 Thread Jeff Bell
Auth backends fail down the list of middleware. So I'm thinking something like this. Maybe, the users that you authenticate using LDAP or AD, append something to their username, like _xyzuser. johndoe has LDAP/AD password and logs in. AD_AUTH_Middleware succeeds with original username and passwd

Re: Multiple authentication sources to one database

2010-09-02 Thread Shawn Milochik
You can use multiple authentication backends in the same Django project. All you have to do is write/install a backend that supports your alternative method, and add it to AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS in your settings file. The info here should help a lot: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/au

Multiple authentication sources to one database

2010-09-01 Thread Alex
I am trying to write an application that allows two different kinds of authentication: Users in the wild can register and use the site with a new username, password and email and authenticate as usual, and others can use a single-sign-on solution provided by my university. django- cas (http://code.