Jim, If your windows users are logging in via active directory you could just make your web2py app authenticate through ldap to AD. That would ensure AD is your source of truth fo user authentication and management.
Just a thought. On Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:32:03 PM UTC-5, Jim S wrote: > > Sounds like there is no easy way to do it. I looked through that code and > it seems pretty involved. I was hoping to do this without needing the > web2py libs and such. > > -Jim > > On Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:14:09 AM UTC-6, Niphlod wrote: >> >> https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/gluon/tools.py#L1776 >> that basically calls the validators attached by default to a password >> field >> https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/gluon/tools.py#L1479 >> i.e. you just have to import the validator CRYPT and check with that >> passing the correct parameters >> https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/gluon/validators.py#L2659 >> >> PS: CRYPT was easier to follow before the introduction of the pdfbk2 >> algo, but it's quite straightforward if you are willing to cut off >> backward-compatibility >> (that required lazycrypt >> https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/gluon/validators.py#L2581) >> >> --