app/django/contrib/auth/handlers/modpython.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:31:39 +0000
changeset 2177 e2c193e1f631
parent 54 03e267d67478
permissions -rw-r--r--
Do not rely on dicts.merge to change target Also make dicts.merge actually not touch target. This is much cleaner than modifying in place, especially since we assign the result of the dicts.merge call to target most of the time anyway. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

from mod_python import apache
import os

def authenhandler(req, **kwargs):
    """
    Authentication handler that checks against Django's auth database.
    """

    # mod_python fakes the environ, and thus doesn't process SetEnv.  This fixes
    # that so that the following import works
    os.environ.update(req.subprocess_env)

    # apache 2.2 requires a call to req.get_basic_auth_pw() before 
    # req.user and friends are available.
    req.get_basic_auth_pw()

    # check for PythonOptions
    _str_to_bool = lambda s: s.lower() in ('1', 'true', 'on', 'yes')

    options = req.get_options()
    permission_name = options.get('DjangoPermissionName', None)
    staff_only = _str_to_bool(options.get('DjangoRequireStaffStatus', "on"))
    superuser_only = _str_to_bool(options.get('DjangoRequireSuperuserStatus', "off"))
    settings_module = options.get('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', None)
    if settings_module:
        os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = settings_module

    from django.contrib.auth.models import User
    from django import db
    db.reset_queries()

    # check that the username is valid
    kwargs = {'username': req.user, 'is_active': True}
    if staff_only:
        kwargs['is_staff'] = True
    if superuser_only:
        kwargs['is_superuser'] = True
    try:
        try:
            user = User.objects.get(**kwargs)
        except User.DoesNotExist:
            return apache.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED
    
        # check the password and any permission given
        if user.check_password(req.get_basic_auth_pw()):
            if permission_name:
                if user.has_perm(permission_name):
                    return apache.OK
                else:
                    return apache.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED
            else:
                return apache.OK
        else:
            return apache.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED
    finally:
        db.connection.close()