Re: perm and user.auth_datasource

Jean-Christophe Michel schrieb:
> Hi Manuel,
> 
> I still have a question.
> Is it necessary that Perm retrieves the user.auth_datasource from user 
> table?
> Because in simple access restriction case like mine, the auth_datasource 
> is always the same
> (there's only one) and it's the same as perm_ds.
> So i thought of dropping this field from the user table.
> 
> What is this field useful for in Perm ?
> Why not let the AUthenticator return the auth_datasource, but aboid to 
> query for it in any other place ?

Users are uniquely identified by their name and auth_datasource. In 
order to simplify relations to them, a surrogate key "id" is added. The 
auth_datasource is simply required to identify them - a user name is not 
enough.

How does the existance of the field annoy you?


Manuel

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