[Zope] jcNTUserFolder on 2.2.x

[Michael Bernstein]

Toby Dickenson wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:20:41 -0800, "Andy McKay"
> <andym@ActiveState.com> wrote:
> 
> >Is there an updated version or product similar to jcNTUserFolder (allowing
> >NT authenitcation in Zope) that works in Zope 2.2.x? Or am I going to have
> >to upgrade jcNTUserFolder?
>
> API changes in 2.2 (and future developments, like PTK) make custom
> user folders less attractive than they used to be. If you intend
> committing some time to this then I recommend something based on
> http://www.zope.org/Members/tsarna/LoginManager
> 
> The simplest change would be to transplant the authentication code out
> of (jc)NTUserFolder and into LoginManager methods. However that would
> still only run on NT.

Important:

After you get authentication working the way you want it,
you'll have to fix your LoginManager to integrate with the
existing local roles machinery. Here's a link to help you
out:
http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-ptk/2000-September/001739.html

HTH,

Michael Bernstein.