django-cas-provider
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-Chris Williams <chris@nitron.org>
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-
OVERVIEW
=========
-django-cas-provider is a provider for the `Central Authentication
-Service <http://jasig.org/cas>`_. It supports CAS version 1.0. It allows
-remote services to authenticate users for the purposes of
-Single Sign-On (SSO). For example, a user logs into a CAS server
-(provided by django-cas-provider) and can then access other services
-(such as email, calendar, etc) without re-entering her password for
-each service. For more details, see the `CAS wiki <http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/CAS/Home>`_
-and `Single Sign-On on Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Sign_On>`_.
+django-cas-provider is a provider for the `Central Authentication Service <http://jasig.org/cas>`_. It supports CAS version 1.0 and parts of CAS version 2.0 protocol. It allows remote services to authenticate users for the purposes of Single Sign-On (SSO). For example, a user logs into a CAS server
+(provided by django-cas-provider) and can then access other services (such as email, calendar, etc) without re-entering her password for each service. For more details, see the `CAS wiki <http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/CAS/Home>`_ and `Single Sign-On on Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Sign_On>`_.
INSTALLATION
=============
-To install, run the following command from this directory:
+To install, run the following command from this directory::
- ``python setup.py install``
+ python setup.py install
-Or, put cas_provider somewhere on your Python path.
+Or, put `cas_provider` somewhere on your Python path.
If you want use CAS v.2 protocol or above, you must install `lxml` package to correct work.
+
USAGE
======
with formatters for common used formats. Available formats styles are `RubyCAS`, `Jasig`
and `Name-Value. Default is Jasig style. See module source code for more details.
+CAS_AUTO_REDIRECT_AFTER_LOGOUT - If False (default behavior, specified in CAS protocol)
+after successful logout notification page will be shown. If it's True, after successful logout will
+be auto redirect back to service without any notification.
+
PROTOCOL DOCUMENTATION
=====================
* `attrs` - dictionary with user attributes received from callback specified in
CAS_CUSTOM_ATTRIBUTES_CALLBACK in project settings.
-Example of generated XML below:
+Example of generated XML below::
<cas:serviceResponse xmlns:cas='http://www.yale.edu/tp/cas'>
<cas:authenticationSuccess>
</cas:serviceResponse>
-* Name-Value style (provided in `cas_provider.attribute_formatters.name_value`):
+* Name-Value style (provided in `cas_provider.attribute_formatters.name_value`)::
<cas:attribute name='attraStyle' value='Name-Value' />
<cas:attribute name='surname' value='Smith' />
<cas:attribute name='memberOf' value='CN=Spanish Department,OU=Departments,OU=Groups,DC=example,DC=edu' />
-* Jasig Style attributes (provided in `cas_provider.attribute_formatters.jasig`):
+* Jasig Style attributes (provided in `cas_provider.attribute_formatters.jasig`)::
<cas:attributes>
<cas:attraStyle>Jasig</cas:attraStyle>
</cas:attributes>
-* RubyCAS style (provided in `cas_provider.attribute_formatters.ruby_cas`):
+* RubyCAS style (provided in `cas_provider.attribute_formatters.ruby_cas`)::
<cas:attraStyle>RubyCAS</cas:attraStyle>
<cas:surname>Smith</cas:surname>