Dear All,
I wonder if anyone can advise me with this problem.
1. A user logs into the database (through web, webservice, some other piece
of software) - connect(user="j oe",passwd="blo gs")
2. We generate a random session key which will expire in 1 hour. Put this in
table (user, SessKey, time).
3. Give key to user.
4. User wants to do something else, so passes us the session key.
5. How do we use this session key to log the user into the database, i.e.
how do we get the username and passwd to enable:
connect(user="j oe",passwd="blo gs").
Many thanks
Colin
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You've got to have some kind of "middleware ". Apache, custom, whatever.
Basically this piece of middleware gets the session key.
Have the middleware (using a common login) retrieve the ser (and password)
drom the database table and authenticate the user.
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 01:55 am, C G wrote: Dear All,
I wonder if anyone can advise me with this problem.
1. A user logs into the database (through web, webservice, some other piece of software) - connect(user="j oe",passwd="blo gs") 2. We generate a random session key which will expire in 1 hour. Put this in table (user, SessKey, time). 3. Give key to user. 4. User wants to do something else, so passes us the session key. 5. How do we use this session key to log the user into the database, i.e. how do we get the username and passwd to enable: connect(user="j oe",passwd="blo gs").
Many thanks
Colin
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Quoting C G <cs******@hotma il.com>: Dear All,
I wonder if anyone can advise me with this problem.
1. A user logs into the database (through web, webservice, some other piece of software) - connect(user="j oe",passwd="blo gs") 2. We generate a random session key which will expire in 1 hour. Put this in
table (user, SessKey, time). 3. Give key to user. 4. User wants to do something else, so passes us the session key. 5. How do we use this session key to log the user into the database, i.e. how do we get the username and passwd to enable: connect(user="j oe",passwd="blo gs").
Many thanks
Colin
Colin,
For the web, if you are running apache and mod_perl, take a look at the
PosgreSQL authentication modules on CPAN.org. In particular, anything that
deals with "cookie tracking" or authentication with cookies would be a start.
Of coures there are similar modules/methods for the other PG supported languages
as well.
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C G wrote: Dear All,
I wonder if anyone can advise me with this problem.
1. A user logs into the database (through web, webservice, some other piece of software) - connect(user="j oe",passwd="blo gs") 2. We generate a random session key which will expire in 1 hour. Put this in table (user, SessKey, time). 3. Give key to user. 4. User wants to do something else, so passes us the session key. 5. How do we use this session key to log the user into the database, i.e. how do we get the username and passwd to enable: connect(user="j oe",passwd="blo gs").
It is involved at multiple steps.
1. Use a connection pool, all connecting as superuser
2. Authenticate user with opening a new connection
3. Store a map of user session key v/s username/userid in application.
4. Use set session authorization after verifying the key.
It could have been good if postgresql could authenticate over an existing
connection or make set session authorisation accept username/password. But
anyways.. that is not such a big hassle except for the fact that each
authorisation costs starting/killing one connection
HTH
Shridhar
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