[Zope] Autologin

Peter Bengtsson mail at peterbe.com
Fri Jun 4 03:39:18 EDT 2004


That's what I want!
But I can't find anything in CookieCrumbler that does this. At least not 
within the ZMI. Do I have to write code or can I just switch something 
on or off?

Chris McDonough wrote:

> It allows for "automatic login" inasmuch as your can cause the auth
> cookie to be persisted for longer than the duration of one browser
> invocation, so that the next time they visit the website, the cookie
> gets sent back and they are authenticated.
> 
> On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 20:07, Peter Bengtsson wrote:
> 
>>I know about CookieCrumbler but does it allow for automatic login?
>>If not, I guess I'll have to use CookieCrumbler and subclass it to suit 
>>my needs.
>>
>>Chris McDonough wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Basic HTTP authentication (as used by the standard Zope user folder)
>>>won't let you do this, but cookie-based auth allows for this.  Shane's
>>>CookieCrumbler is included with CMF but can be used independently to
>>>provide an interface between non-cookie-aware user folders and
>>>cookie/form authentication handling.
>>>
>>>On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 19:29, Peter Bengtsson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've got a basic folderish python product where its instances will by 
>>>>default have the View permission switched off, so you get bugger all 
>>>>unless you authenticate yourself.
>>>>By saving the username and password in Mozilla/IE/... it just requires 
>>>>an Enter touch when the login dialog appears; but I don't even want that 
>>>>to appear. I want it to work like Sourceforge does where it remembers my 
>>>>whole login without any authentication on each visit.
>>>>
>>>>What tools/hacks are available to achieve this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Peter Bengtsson, http://www.peterbe.com



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