[katello-devel] Candlepin Authentication Redux

[Devan Goodwin]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Bryan Kearney <bkearney at redhat.com> wrote:
> 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
>

Already updated.

Cheers,

Devan