[SAC] Using OSGeo LDAP for custom web apps

[Alex Mandel]

On 11/29/2010 12:43 PM, Martin Dobias wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> for QGIS project we are building a new Plugin Repository - a place
> where people can share their plugins. The app (in django) will be
> hosted in QGIS virtual machine on OSGeo server.
> 
> I have only basic basic understanding of LDAP and its usage within
> OSGeo, so my questions are:
> 1. would it be possible to get the access to the LDAP server for doing
> user authentication? (I.e. the app sends user/pass, the servers
> answers yes/no.) This would help us a lot since we could avoid the
> necessity to have another pair of username/password for each author of
> a plugin.
> 2. would it be possible to find out also user's real name and mail address?
> 
> In future we would also like to set up a central repository for map
> symbols - featuring various import/export filters, so the symbols
> could be uploaded/downloaded in virtually any format. Such an
> application would make good use of osgeo userids too.
> 
> Regards
> Martin

Martin,

Pirmin and I finished setting up the Redmine test instance on the QGIS
VM with OSGeo LDAP integration. Let us know if you want some help with
the Django app you're working on. At the very least we have a lot of the
info you'll need to know.

Thanks,
Alex