def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
"""
Check for a user's existence in LDAP, creating a local Django User model
for the user if they do not already have one.
"""
user = None
# Connect to the Oberlin server, binding as the user
try:
ldap_conn = LDAPConnection(user_id=username,
user_password=password)
except ldap.LDAPError:
return None
else:
user_info = ldap_conn.get_info_from_obie_id(username)
# If the user exists in LDAP, get a current record of them in Django's
# auth system, or add a new user using the LDAP information, allowing
# a descended class to interact with each step of the creation
if user_info is not None:
try:
user = User.objects.get(username=username)
except User.DoesNotExist:
# Get user information from LDAP
create_info = {
'last_name': user_info['last_name'],
'first_name': user_info['first_name'],
'email': user_info['email']
}
create_info.update(
self.provide_additional_user_creation_info(
user_info, create_info))
# Create the user with a random password
random_pwd = User.objects.make_random_password(20)
user = User(username=username,
password=random_pwd,
**create_info)
# Get their professor status
user.is_staff = user_info['professor']
user.save()
# Allow child classes to perform further configuration on the new user
self.do_post_user_creation_config(user, user_info, random_pwd)
# Allow a child class to perform further action on the user
self.do_post_validation_actions(user, user_info)
return user
def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
"""
Check for a user's existence in LDAP, creating a local Django User model
for the user if they do not already have one.
"""
user = None
# Connect to the Oberlin server, binding as the user
try:
ldap_conn = LDAPConnection(user_id=username, user_password=password)
except ldap.LDAPError:
return None
else:
user_info = ldap_conn.get_info_from_obie_id(username)
# If the user exists in LDAP, get a current record of them in Django's
# auth system, or add a new user using the LDAP information, allowing
# a descended class to interact with each step of the creation
if user_info is not None:
try:
user = User.objects.get(username=username)
except User.DoesNotExist:
# Get user information from LDAP
create_info = {
'last_name': user_info['last_name'],
'first_name': user_info['first_name'],
'email': user_info['email']
}
create_info.update(self.provide_additional_user_creation_info(user_info, create_info))
# Create the user with a random password
random_pwd = User.objects.make_random_password(20)
user = User(username=username, password=random_pwd, **create_info)
# Get their professor status
user.is_staff = user_info['professor']
user.save()
# Allow child classes to perform further configuration on the new user
self.do_post_user_creation_config(user, user_info, random_pwd)
# Allow a child class to perform further action on the user
self.do_post_validation_actions(user, user_info)
return user
