Basil Mohamed Gohar wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 15:37 -0800, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > >> There is an OpenID provider in FAS. The problem is that openid can only >> do authentication, not authorization. If we want to store group >> information in FAS (and we do... but it may or may not be essential) >> then we need to go beyond OpenID. >> >> FAS provides a JSON API for people to query. That's how mediawiki and >> the TG web applications work. koji and the actual servers on which >> fedora infrastructure runs are synced from the fas server on an hourly >> cron job. >> >> If possible, using the JSON API is the way to go. > So FAS does its own authorization & authentication, rather than using > another system to which we can plug in? Right. FAS == Fedora Account System. It's the canonical place for all account information. Things that need authentication and authorization are supposed to get the data from it. -Toshio
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