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
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-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.
USAGE
======
#. Add ``'cas_provider'`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` tuple in *settings.py*.
#. In *settings.py*, set ``LOGIN_URL`` to ``'/cas/login/'`` and ``LOGOUT_URL`` to ``'/cas/logout/'``
- before they expire. Default: 5 minutes
-#. In *urls.py*, put the following line:
- ``(r'^cas/', include('cas_provider.urls')),``
+#. In *urls.py*, put the following line: ``(r'^cas/', include('cas_provider.urls')),``
#. Create login/logout templates (or modify the samples)