Re: create users from /etc/passwd?

https://bitbucket.org/maze/django-pam/

maybe that helps?

On 02.02.2012 16:47, Tim wrote:
> 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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