I'm using gluon.tools.Auth and the default ldap_auth login_method to provide access control to my web2py application. Now, once the user has successfully logged in (@auth.require_login() passes), I want to find out which user is logged in, and some of this user's attributes. I could get additional information from the LDAP server (using python-ldap) if I knew the user name; however, the only entry I see in Auth<http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/epydoc/web2py.gluon.tools.Auth-class.html> that provides similar information is Auth.user_id, and I don't know how this ID maps to the current user's LDAP username.
More generally, is there a good way for me to take control of my application's interaction with our LDAP server, while still leveraging the many built-ins Auth has to offer? Should I modify the ldap_auth login_method to store the username and password information in the session object? Should I write my own custom login_method? If so, what resources exist to help me along?
