Feature request: Auto-create users for servlet container authenticated principals

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Originally reported on Google Code with ID 246

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Configure a realm in Tomcat that authenticates e.g. user X
2. Deploy gitblit WAR on Tomcat
3. Authenticate user X via Tomcat (not via gitblit login)
4. Gitblit will NOT treat the session principal as a user

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

It would be great if gitblit could auto-create a gitblit user for the authenticated
principal if no gitblit user with that user id exists yet.

Instead it seems that Gitblit resolves an unknown principal as a null UserModel and
effectively ignores the principal.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Gitblit v1.2.1, WAR edition, deployed on Tomcat 7 on Debian 7 ("wheezy").

Please provide any additional information below.

According to James Moger, the Ldap and Redmine user services will auto-create user
accounts based on successful authentication. The same approach could be used for servlet
container based authentication.

See the related conversation between me and James here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/gitblit/iBJwfrzpSaI

Reported by oliver.doepner on 2013-05-25 23:49:18

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Reported by James.Moger on 2013-05-28 11:28:38

• Status changed: Started
• Labels added: Milestone-1.3.0

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This has been implemented on master and tested with Tomcat 7.
By default, container-based auto-create is disabled but can easily be enabled with:

realm.container.autoCreateAccounts = true

Reported by James.Moger on 2013-06-17 20:05:33

• Status changed: Queued

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Thank you so much, James. I will try out the feature as soon as I have some free cycles.

Cheers
Oliver

Reported by oliver.doepner on 2013-06-18 17:45:52

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Fix or enhancement released in v1.3.0

Reported by James.Moger on 2013-07-14 16:52:58

• Status changed: Fixed

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We are now using this feature with Gitblit 1.3.1. Works very well!
Thanks, James. :)

Reported by oliver.doepner on 2013-08-05 03:29:13