[Zope-dev] Custom Login

[Shane Hathaway]

Ivan Raikov wrote:

>        Recently, I had to replace ZPublisher's default
> authentication scheme, as part of a product I'm working on. I am aware
> of the existence of LoginManager, exUserFolder, etc., but in this case
> I needed to have a custom login screen at root level, i.e. completely
> get rid of the basic HTTP authentication and browser popup window.
> 
>     So I replaced some of the HTTPRequest and HTTPResponse methods in
> order to present the user an HTML form whenever an 'Unauthorized'
> exception is raised.
> 
>     While I'm sure such an issue has arisen hundreds of times, somehow
> I was unable to find a product or a How-To that specifically addresses
> it, which means either I don't know how to browse the Web, or nobody
> has bothered to document their knowledge in the area.


Try either CookieCrumbler or CMF (which includes the cookie crumbler). 
You probably weren't able to find it simply because of the large number 
of products out there with overlapping capabilities and varying degrees 
of completeness.

http://www.zope.org/Members/hathawsh/CookieCrumbler

Shane