Re: Django and LDAP

On 11/09/2012 4:14am, Tony wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I am new to Django and Python, and right now, i am going through the
> documentation. I have an assignment at my Faculty, where i need to
> install Django, 389ds LDAP server (where i have to store my users) and i
> need to somehow connect them two, so i can auth users from LDAP when
> logging into Django. i have read some documentation, and i saw a massive
> lines of code, add this, add that, and i don't get any of that.

I think the best first step is to tightly specify your requirements.
There are lots of different approaches and your choice of available open
source depends a lot on what you want to do. For example, you may be
interested in ldap group membership being related to Django groups.

Being new to Python and Django isn't a problem. Look at Mark Pilgrim's
Dive into Python (the first one which covers Python 2.x) then do the
Django tutorials up to the point where the Django Admin is working for
you. That will demonstrate "add this, add that" and make it easier for
you. Also, install pip for fetching this and that!

The Django Admin auth will happily/easily accept external auth backends.

I have stopped using ldap nowadays but when I had it working the general
principle employed was to query the ldap server and if it authenticated
the offered userid and password AND the userid didn't exist in the
Django user table, the backend inserted a new record.

From my own experience I can recommend you start with a plan to unit
test absolutely everything. The ldap side of things is tricky. Once you
get your head around Python and Django you will really appreciate the
nth degree of flexibility.

Good luck

Mike

>
> Can someone please help me with this issue, i'll be very grateful.
>
> Thank you
>
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