[mod_python] populate user name in login prompt (for session)

You could just use Apache Authentication.  They have an automatic
login popup, and then your PythonAuthenHandler can pick up the
username and password that was entered.

~= Chris =~


On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:20:25 -0800 (PST), Robert Thomas Davis
<rdavisunr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey all
> 
> My site requires a password to be accessed...I do not
> really care what the user name is.  Thus, I would like
> to populate the login prompt with a default name, like
> user or admin, etc.  Is this possible or is it
> possible to just prompt for a password and nothing
> else?  I have included the code I am using (this code
> was clipped from an earlier post and modified).
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Rob
> 
> def __auth__(req, user, passwd):
> 
>      # removed check for user=USER
> 
>      if passwd == PASS:
>              # user has successfully authenticated
>              sess = Session(req)
> 
>              if sess.has_key('max_inactive'):
>                      # this is an existing session
> 
>                      # check length of inactivity
>                      elapsed = time.time() -
> sess['last']
> 
>                      # reset timer for next request
>                      sess['last'] = time.time()
>                      sess.save()
> 
>                      # compare elapsed inactivity to
> maximum allowed
>                      if elapsed >
> sess['max_inactive']:
>                              # it's been too long
> 
>                              # uncomment to delete
> session (optional)
>                              sess.delete()
> 
>                              # force user to
> reauthenticate
>                              return 0
>                      else:
>                              # still within time limit
>                              #
> req.write("Authorized.\n\n")
> 
>                              # allow user to continue
>                              return 1
>              else:
>                      # this must be a new session, so
> set session variables
> 
>                      # set maximum inactivity allowed,
> in seconds
>                      sess['max_inactive'] = 500
> 
>                      # initialize timer
>                      sess['last'] = time.time()
> 
>                      sess.save()
> 
>                      # do new session stuff here
>                      # req.write("Session
> started.\n\n")
> 
>                      # allow user to continue
>                      return 1
>      else:
>              # wrong user or password, force user to
> reauthenticate
>              return 0
> 
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