Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of SharedCookieAuthPlugin


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Timestamp:
Jan 28, 2012, 3:03:33 AM (12 years ago)
Author:
anonymous
Comment:

Fix formatting.

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  • SharedCookieAuthPlugin

    v7 v8  
    33== Description ==
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    5 SharedCookieAuthPlugin allows cookies to be shared between Trac instances in the same environment (i.e. directory).  The plugin monkey-patches `trac.web.auth.LoginModule` so that cookies get set at `/` instead of `req.base_path`. ^See following note^ The incoming request is then passed by the `authenticate` method of the `IAuthenticator` interface to projects that peer the project of interest to see if the user is authenticated there.  This enables single-sign on for Trac projects in the same directory.
     5SharedCookieAuthPlugin allows cookies to be shared between Trac instances in the same environment (i.e. directory).  The plugin monkey-patches `trac.web.auth.LoginModule` so that cookies get set at `/` instead of `req.base_path` (See following note). The incoming request is then passed by the `authenticate` method of the `IAuthenticator` interface to projects that peer the project of interest to see if the user is authenticated there.  This enables single-sign on for Trac projects in the same directory.
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    77Note: As per request in [trac:ticket:8486 T#8486] a new configuration option, has been introduced to Trac with changeset [trac:changeset:9226 'T:[9226]'], that accomplished this: