[ANNOUNCE] python-ad

[Rich Megginson]

Noah Gift wrote:
> On Dec 11, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Rich Megginson wrote:
>
>   
>> Torsten Kurbad wrote:
>>     
>>> At Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:45:01 +0100
>>> Michael Ströder <michael at stroeder.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Ah, ok. Interesting. Why don't you separate the krb5 module into
>>>> another project. I guess some people might be interested in that.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> ME, ME, ME!!! :o)
>>>
>>> I tried several krb5 modules lying around in the net so far - and  
>>> none
>>> really worked! In fact, most of the implementations require an  
>>> external
>>> kinit call, which is NOT what I intend to let my users do...
>>>
>>> So, I'd very much appreciate, if you think about Michael's idea,
>>> Geert!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Torsten
>>>
>>>       
>> You might be interested in the freeipa.org project which uses python,
>> python-ldap, turbogears, PyKerberos, and supports http authentication
>> with forwardable tickets.  I don't think they support SPNEGO yet but
>> patches are welcome :-)
>>     
>
> Rich,
>
> Have you used freeipa?  I would be interested in covering this in the  
> book I am writing about Python for Systems Administration.
>   
No, I haven't used it, but I have worked on some of the directory server 
features it uses.
>
> Noah Gift
>
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