Terje Malmedal wrote:

[Bill Anderson]

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Terje Malmedal wrote:

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Can anybody please provide a simple example of a working usersource written in python?

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Look at the UserSource source for LoginManager and Membership.

I did that. I feel I am missing something obvious.

What I do is:

* create a folder named "/test" * inside /test I choose login manager from the "avaliable objects" drop down. * select "solid user source" from the menu. * press "add" * create an index_html which Anonymous is not allowed to see.

When I access /test from an unauthenticated webbrowser it finds that it can't view it and pops up the username/password window, but neither retreiveItem nor anything else gets called.

Is your login form even calling the authenticate method? check your login method. -- Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are easy to annoy, and have the root password.