[Featureserver] user authentication

[G. Allegri]

Thanks Brent. Simple, nice way to manage it.
I will try it.

I'm also considering the way Geoserver does it:
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/2.6+Security+subsystem
http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/Layer+level+security

2008/9/5 Brent Pedersen <bpederse at gmail.com>:
> hi, i did this a while back taking advantage of the featureserver api
> and using web.py (version 0.3)
> http://pastebin.ca/1195047
> and usage:
> http://pastebin.ca/1195048
>
>
> you dont need a web framework, but that should get you started.
> you can see i just limit on the ability to delete and modify existing
> features. but it's easily extended to other methods.
>
> if there is a better way to do this with some apache mod, i'd like to
> hear it as well.
>
> -brent
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:11 AM, G. Allegri <giohappy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi list.
>> Sometime ago I've read various post about user authentication and
>> access restrictions on featureserver.
>> Has anyone implemented a solution to manage it?
>>
>> I need to restrict editing access of a certain layer to specific
>> users, while allowing others (all or not) to read.
>>
>> Basic authentication is not a good solution. Does someone have found
>> workarounds using mod_proxy or similar?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Giovanni
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