[Zope-PAS] PlonePAS using SQL get AttributeError

[Ben Mason]

I agree, I think the way PlonePAS replaces the root acl_users is very bad. I
hope this gets addressed. Surely there is no need for it to do that.

Ben


On 19/4/07 02:01, "James J Myers" <myersjj at pacbell.net> wrote:

> I found the SQLPASPlugin on the Plone site or the collective - not sure
> which.
> 
> I pretty much rewrote it to get it to do what I wanted.  I got no help
> from this list or anywhere else.
> PlonePAS provides a PropertyProvider set of interfaces for
> setting/getting properties from an external source.
> 
> There is something strange in the install process. When I install my
> product and create an acl_users in my Plone site, it seems to also add
> it to the root acl_users which I don't like at all.
> 
> Since I had trouble getting acquisition to work, I created a zsql method
> in source_users and directly addressed it.
> 
> Hope all this helps...
> 
> Jim Myers
> 
> Chris Withers wrote:
>> i James,
>> 
>> James J Myers wrote:
>>> I've written a PlonePAS plugin loosely based on SQLPASPlugin for
>>> authentication.
>> 
>> I'm going to be needing this functionality myself sometime soon.
>> 
>> Where did you find the SQL plugin? What's the official way of getting
>> users with extra properties from a relational back end? What
>> bastardisations has Plone added that need to be supported?
>> 
>>> The code creates a zsql method in source_users which I can verify via
>>> the ZMI that it is there.
>> 
>> Why do you need to create the zsql method using code?
>> 
>>> When the authenticate credentials plugin is called it appears to
>>> always be in the source_users folder,
>> 
>> What do you mean by that?
>> 
>>> Why would be it fail sometimes and not others? How do I make it work
>>> reliably?
>>> 
>>> 2007-04-07T18:02:10 INFO RACPASPlugin Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> authenticateCredentials: getUserInfo:   File
>>> "/usr/local/zope/instance1/Products/RACPASPlugin/plugins/usermanager.py",
>>> line 104, in authenticateCredentials
>>>    res = self.getUserInfo(login)
>>> authenticateCredentials: getUserInfo:   File
>>> "/usr/local/zope/instance1/Products/RACPASPlugin/plugins/usermanager.py",
>>> line 253, in getUserInfo
>>>    query = getattr(self, _UserQueryId)
>>> authenticateCredentials: getUserInfo: AttributeError: RACPAS_getUserInfo
>> 
>> I wonder if a differing set of acquisiton contexts are involved
>> somewhere along the line?
>> 
>> cheers,
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
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