[Zope-dev] Authenticating with acl_users

[Sondre Rønjom]

I'm creating a python product - which needs to be authenticated; and I 
dont want to use any products that does not come with a clean Zope install 
- so I user Simple User Folder and define two roles admin user and 
ordinary user. I just want a user to login via login form, check username 
and password with the acl_users user list and set the user to 
AUTHENTICATED_USER if username and password is correct. Actually I just 
want to access the methods which the pop-up authenticator use when one 
does /manage.  To me it looks like validate() from AccessControl/User.py does this for you, but Im not 
sure how to use the method.  

/sondre

On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:

> what exactly is it you are trying to achieve? maybe someone can help if=
 
> you let us know what the real motivation is.
> 
> jens
> 
> 
> On Saturday, Mar 8, 2003, at 11:42 US/Eastern, Sondre Rønjom wrote:
> 
> > Ive been looking through AccessControl/User.py to understand the
> > validate() methods paramteres. Im not sure what to put inside the 
> > request,
> > and how to do it. I have been testing around, but I can only manage to=
 
> > do
> > authenticate(), but this only tells if the user is valid and has the 
> > right
> > password. The thing is, I also want to set AUTHENTICATED_USER, but not
> > sure how to to this, but I have the idea validate() does all this for=
 
> > you,
> > if you pass the right parameters. I have been searching at zope.org and
> > google.com for a long time now, but cant find very much useful. The 
> > only
> > parameters I have put in the REQUEST are __ac_user and __ac_password,=
 
> > but
> > I know I also need object value and physical container of the object,=
 
> > but
> > dont know how to find this.
> >
> > /Sondre
> 
>