1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/Server/Hostbase/backends.py b/src/lib/Server/Hostbase/backends.py
index 36d896a9c..c59ed5e93 100644
--- a/src/lib/Server/Hostbase/backends.py
+++ b/src/lib/Server/Hostbase/backends.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from ldapauth import *
+from nisauth import *
 
 class LDAPBackend(object):
 
@@ -34,3 +35,36 @@ class LDAPBackend(object):
             print str(e)
             return None
     
+
+class NISBackend(object):
+
+    def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
+        try:
+            print "start nis authenticate"
+            n = nisauth(username, password)
+            temp_pass = User.objects.make_random_password(100)
+            nis_user = dict(username=username,
+                            )
+
+            user_session_obj = dict(
+                email = username + "@mcs.anl.gov",
+                first_name = None,
+                last_name = None,
+                uid = n.uid
+                )
+            user, created = User.objects.get_or_create(username=username)
+            
+            return user
+
+        except NISAUTHError, e:
+            print str(e)
+            return None
+
+
+    def get_user(self, user_id):
+        try:
+            return User.objects.get(pk=user_id)
+        except User.DoesNotExist, e:
+            print str(e)
+            return None
+