[GRASS-dev] GRASS SVN migration: authentication procedure

Here the current state of GRASS OSGeo-SVN account activation
and the concept behind it:

Current members of Group "grass":
  - bdouglas, benducke, cdavilam, cmbarton, dcalvelo, epatton, glynn,
    helena, jachym, kyngchaos, martinl, mlennert, msieczka, neteler,
    rantolin, sholl, smitch, wolf
  
Current members of Group "grass_addons":
   - all members of group "grass"
   - ychemin

Current members of Group "translations" (limited access to /grass/trunk/locale/):
   - all members of group "grass"
   - future enabled translators (currently none)

The "translations" requires an acceptance process which might
be easier than RFC2 acceptance (since only translations are
involved). We'll start this procedure soon.

For authentication, the OSGeo LDAP is used (single sign-on).

Remember:
- GRASS developers need to obtain an "osgeo_id" at
  http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid
  Check at http://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/ldap_web_search.py
  if you forgot your "osgeo_id".
  
- GRASS developers have to agree to abide by RFC2
  http://download.osgeo.org/grass/grass6_progman/rfc/rfc2_psc.html
  in an email to M Neteler (PSC chair) or preferably to
  grass-psc mailing list after subscription (subscribe at
  http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc ) to
  get their "osgeo_id" activated for SVN write access.
  NOTE: any GRASS-PSC member can add new developers
  who were approved by the GRASS-PSC.
  
Hopefully more developers complete the procedure over the
next days.

Happy hacking,
Markus

On Dec 10, 2007, at 4:03 PM, Markus Neteler wrote:

For authentication, the OSGeo LDAP is used (single sign-on).

Remember:
- GRASS developers need to obtain an "osgeo_id" at
http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid
Check at http://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/ldap_web_search.py
if you forgot your "osgeo_id".

I would like to point out a little possible confusion - each project seems to have their own login cookie, so if you login to one project, then switch to another, you may need to login again depending on the last time you were logged into it.

So, single sign-on really means single user/pass for all projects, not login to one->login to all.

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