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Idea #3079: Enable OpenID/Google,Facebook,Yahoo. .. for GDM/KDM login manager

Written by LucaCappelletti the 4 Mar 08 at 14:00. Category: Accessibility. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Auth against any of the OpenID/Yahoo/Google/Facebook/Twitter/Meemi... into your local login manager (when network is available otherwise use the classical mapped local login user).



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Written by LucaCappelletti the 4 Mar 08 at 14:00.
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Morpheus90 wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 15:55
I don't think this is a great idea. At least, not now.

comi wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 09:20
Too much "web 2.0" with all the security issues (OpenID).

LucaCappelletti wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 15:16
:) thanks for your comments

aw@kreawit.se wrote on the 6 Mar 08 at 00:18
An OpenID pam-module, sound good in my ears. There is a Google Summer of code for this. A poor-mans AD/LDAP.

If OpenID is secure enough for webapplications, why is it not secure for local PCs?






wolfwitch wrote on the 20 Mar 08 at 15:09
Turn over the security of a computer to a Web-based security model? I'm sure the guys at Black Hat and Defcon would LOVE it if that happened.

This would also necessitate having two different user accounts- one local and one OpenID just to deal with fallback if there is no net access. If you have to have a local account anyway- what's the point of using OpenID?

paven wrote on the 23 Apr 08 at 04:46
atleast openID would be usefule for school or even more usefull for liberies! +1

Brunni wrote on the 24 Mar 09 at 22:34
This would be interesting for schools and companys. Especially if they are using e.g. Google Apps.

Would be great to have.

Solution could be, that a small browser-window is opened before the login is made.
Because: OpenID means that only the ID-Provider sees your password.


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