Merge branch 'jordan' of ssh://git.onelab.eu/git/myslice into jordan

[myslice.git] / auth / backend.py

diff --git a/auth/backend.py b/auth/backend.py
index a09ef60..4c93676 100644 (file)
--- a/auth/backend.py
+++ b/auth/backend.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # import the User object
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
-# import the IMAP library
-#from imaplib import IMAP4
-
-# import time - this is used to create Django's internal username
 import time
 
 # Name my backend 'MyCustomBackend'
@@ -18,7 +14,9 @@ class MyCustomBackend:
 
     # Create an authentication method
     # This is called by the standard Django login procedure
-    def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
+    def authenticate(self, token=None):
+        username=token['username']
+        password=token['password']
         users=MyCustomBackend.hard_wired_users
         if username not in users: return None
         if password != users[username]: return None
@@ -26,8 +24,11 @@ class MyCustomBackend:
             # Check if the user exists in Django's local database
             user = User.objects.get(email=username)
         except User.DoesNotExist:
+            print 'creating django user',username
             # Create a user in Django's local database
-            user = User.objects.create_user(time.time(), username, 'passworddoesntmatter')
+            # warning: the trick here is pass current time as an id, and name as email
+            # create_user(username, email=None, password=None)
+            user = User.objects.create_user(time.time(), username, 'password-doesnt-matter')
 
         return user