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 More options Feb 2 2012, 10:47 am
From: Tim <jtim.arn...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:47:30 -0800 (PST)
Local: Thurs, Feb 2 2012 10:47 am
Subject: create users from /etc/passwd?
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I'm running Django 1.3.1 on FreeBSD + Apache2.2 inside an intranet.

I do not grok authentication, so here is my problem and a question about
how I can solve it (maybe).
What I need is the name of the user who hits the application. I don't care
about the password, I just need to know who they are. I've been unable to
get the REMOTE_USER from Apache, mainly because I think Apache doesn't know
it either (no authentication is used on the httpd.conf).

I thought (here's my maybe solution) I might create a bunch of users in
Django by parsing the /etc/passwd database. Then at least each user would
have the same username/password they use to login to the network.

Is that possible? Is there a better way to get the username?
thanks,
--Tim


 
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