[haiku-web] Re: Drupal-Trac Single Sign-On...

On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 18:57 +0000, Gavin James wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> We've been graciously offered free hosting for our main website by  
> unixheads.org. They seem to know their stuff and feel more than  
> comfortable with meeting our requirements (even during a Slashdotting)  
> so we're going to be looking to take them up on their offer.
> 
> There is however a small issue we're going to need to workaround  
> before that can happen and that's Trac's integration with Drupal's  
> login system. As the two applications will be running on different  
> servers across the internet, we're not going to be able to have Trac  
> connect to Drupal's MySQL database to perform authentication as is the  
> case now.
> 
> I'm looking for suggestions as to alternatives. When the integration  
> broke a number of weeks ago we considered dropping it altogether. This  
> was unpopular with the few people who replied, so I think we should  
> consider that route our last possible option.
> 
> Niels mentioned OpenID a while back, and there are modules available  
> for both Drupal and Trac that allow OpenID as an authentication  
> provider. But for this to be useful we would also need to setup our  
> own OpenID identity provider to cater for those who don't yet have an  
> OpenID. I don't know how much work this would be, but my gut instinct  
> is far more than it's worth, but I'd like to hear what everyone else  
> thinks about this.

I understand that it is convenient if you can share the user accounts
between the website and Trac. However, in all my ignorance, this really
sounds like an overly complex approach for a relatively minor
convenience gain. After all, it's not like having separate accounts is
a critical flaw that will turn people away from the project.

Also, having separation has its positive sides too, such as making
maintenance and upgrades of each system easier without the risk of
having an adverse effect on the other system.

I have the feeling we have more important things to address on the
website than putting too many resources into this, but then that's just
my opinion. :)

Cheers,

Koki


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