id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
689	Honor Web server provided authentication	Ian@…	Marc Fargas	"I would like to see a 2nd mod_python handler. one which takes the REMOTE_USER parameter passed to it and for it to use that as the user-id so that I can hook my app into the default intranet security system we use over here.

here is the patch to the original to make that the case. 

NOTE: it creates a user-record if none exist for the user.

{{{
Helios:/src/django_newadmin/django/core/handlers ianh$ diff 
modpython_apacheauth.py modpython.py
102,103c102
<                 #user_id = self.session[users.SESSION_KEY]
<                 user_id = self._req.user
---
>                 user_id = self.session[users.SESSION_KEY]
106,117c105,106
<                 try:
<                     self._user = users.get_object(username__exact=user_id)
<                 except (users.UserDoesNotExist):
<                     from django.models.auth import User
<                     import md5
<                     import datetime
<                     password_md5 = md5.new('fake').hexdigest()
<                     now = datetime.datetime.now()
<                     self._user = User(None, user_id,'','', user_id+'@cnet.com',password_md5,False,True,False,now,now)
<                     self._user.save()
<             #except (AttributeError, KeyError, ValueError, users.UserDoesNotExist):
<             except (AttributeError, KeyError, ValueError):
---
>                 self._user = users.get_object(pk=user_id)
>             except (AttributeError, KeyError, ValueError, users.UserDoesNotExist):
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< 
}}}"	enhancement	assigned	Core (Other)	SVN	normal			telenieko@… hozer@… koen.biermans@… hv@… hugh@… ericvw@… grf@… hinnerk@…	Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0