Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of ScriptAuthPlugin

Timestamp:

Jan 14, 2010, 10:39:54 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

Carsten

Comment:

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ScriptAuthPlugin

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 == Description ==
 
-Similar to normal HTTP Authentication, this plugin uses explicit URL parameters for transferring the username and passwort to a web script that implements the check and returns the authentication result in the HTTP response code.
+Similar to normal HTTP Authentication, this plugin uses explicit URL parameters for transferring the username and passwort to a web script that implements the check and returns the authentication result in the HTTP response code and content.
 When possible, the users email address is transferred and set as well.
 
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 (The HTTP result codes like 200 and 401 can unfortunately not (easily) be utilized with Python <= 2.4.)
 
+An example for a script that implements authentication against the phpBB forum database is available [http://www.phpbb.de/community/viewtopic.php?p=1155503#p1155503 here].
+It is useful when you cannot use the PhpBbAuthPlugin directly, e.g. because the phpBB database is not accessible from your Trac host.
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 == Recent Changes ==