[Moin-user] plugin user auth

[Michael Matthews]

Thomas Waldmann wrote:

>>>I can check if I can add some sample code for this to the next beta 
>>>(expected the next days). The cookie stuff is quite easy to do, the 
>>>login/logout removal stuff can (at least partly) done by configuration 
>>>now.
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>I added it to contrib/auth_externalcookie/.
>It includes getting some external cookie, parsing it and
>autosaving/updating the moin user profile.
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>It is in tla repository now (if you need it fast), otherwise it will be
>in 1.5beta4, too, expected maybe today or tomorrow.
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>>I need to make it do this in moin.cgi script. Mechanism is immutable. I 
>>just could use python example(preferred method). Actually there looks 
>>like there might already be an example in auth.py
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>The sample uses the config file exclusively, no code changes necessary.
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Thanks a lot. I will pick up beta. After reviewing code I see cookie 
handling in request.py also so I pretty much see how to handle cookies 
in python. I may have further questions about how exactly to plug it in 
to MoinMoin.

thanks again.