Coverage for gws-app/gws/plugin/auth_provider/__init__.py: 100%

1"""Authentication providers. 

2 

3An authentication provider checks the credentials passed by an authentication 

4method and returns a user with roles. Providers are configured in 

5``auth.providers``. The authentication manager tries the providers that allow 

6the method in the configured order and takes the first user found. 

7 

8Subpackages 

9----------- 

10 

11- ``file`` - users from a local JSON file with hashed passwords. 

12- ``ldap`` - users from an LDAP or Active Directory server, with roles 

13 assigned by LDAP filters and group membership. 

14 

15Example:: 

16 

17 auth.providers+ { 

18 type "file" 

19 path "/data/users.json" 

20 } 

21"""