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()