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diff --git a/doc/unsorted/nisauth.txt b/doc/unsorted/nisauth.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3dfad1d26 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/unsorted/nisauth.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +.. -*- mode: rst -*- + +.. _unsorted-nisauth: + +================== +NIS Authentication +================== + +'''Edit Django settings''' + +Django allows for custom authentication backends to its login procedure. Hostbase has an NIS authentication backend that verifies a user to be in the unix group allowed to modify Hostbase. + +To enable this feature: + +* first edit your {{{Hostbase/settings.py}}} file and uncomment the line {{{'Hostbase.backends.NISBackend',}}} in the list of {{{AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS}}} +* enter the name of the unix group you want to give access to Hostbase in the {{{AUTHORIZED_GROUP}}} variable +* in your {{{Hostbase/hostbase/views.py}}} file at the very bottom, uncomment the block(s) of lines that give you the desired level of access + +Hostbase will now direct the user to a login page if he or she is not authorized to view a certain page. Users should log in with their regular Unix username and password. |