Code review comment for lp:~benoit.pierre/sloecode/incubation

> On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:45:28 -0000, Thomi Richards <email address hidden> wrote:
> > Also, while you're doing this, I think it makes sense to set the
> > password in the database correctly - that way one can switch away from
> > PAM authentication in the future and existing accounts will continue
> > to work. Once you're making the change listed above, this should be
> > trivial to implement.
>
> I'm really not sure mirroring the password should be done, or if it's
> even possible at all. And how do you handle password changes, where
> there are not done through the sloecode web interface?
>
> AFAIK, redmine or reviewboard don't do it when using an external
> authentication mechanism (like PAM, LDAP, or ActiveDirectory).
>
> I used PAM because it was easier to setup, but I started by looking at
> the LDAP plugin, I think some of the authentication configuration could
> be moved to the configuration file.
>

Good point.