[katello-devel] Candlepin Authentication Redux

[Bryan Kearney]

On 07/21/2011 03:10 PM, Devan Goodwin wrote:
> We think we have sorted out the auth issues where Katello was getting
> rejected whenever trying to do something as a non-admin user. At this
> point it should not be required to create parallel users in Candlepin
> whenever one is created in Katello. We assume that Katello does all
> the authentication and authorization, and whatever it asks for in
> Candlepin, it shall receive.
>
> You will need to enable the Katello module in candlepin.conf:
>
> module.config.katello=org.fedoraproject.candlepin.katello.KatelloModule
>
> I will add this to the Katello install page.
>
> After this you should be ok to authenticate via oauth, provided you
> don't make requests specifically for user info. (things in /users) I
> suspect Katello will either override or provide alternate calls for
> these sorts of things.
>
> I cannot fully register as a non-admin because I can't figure out the
> permissions, and it looks like they might not be quite ready for this
> yet. Hopefully though you guys can resume work with this. Code is in
> candlepin.git master. Let me know if any additional issues arise.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Devan

Do the setup docs for Katello need to be updated?

-- bk