[Trac-tickets] [The Trac Project] #2228: Please add a sane user management system

[The Trac Project]

#2228: Please add a sane user management system
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 Reporter:  greenash at yahoo.com  |       Owner:  jonas
     Type:  defect              |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:       
Component:  ticket system       |     Version:  0.9b2
 Severity:  blocker             |   Keywords:                      |  
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 * Environment: standalone Tracd from 0.9b2 and firefox 1.0.6 for Linux

 I am unable to figure out what strange metaphor Trac uses for user
 management, but it's definitely not something a normal human being would
 anticipate.

 Inside my LAN I log in, log out, go to another computer and click the
 Login link; low and behold -- I am magically logged in again with the same
 user I have just logged out of. The browser never asks for a password. My
 session settings (e-mail) are not retrieved, of course. I have no idea how
 anyone could program that *on purpose*, let alone by accident.

 Why not provide a normal, friendly and boring Register New Account / Login
 / Settings / Logout set of pages ? The user data would be stored in the
 Trac environment for each project. This is what most users would expect.

 But no, that would not be confusing enough, right? Your unique "session-
 centric" user management is certainly superior in that respect.

 As it is, I am unable to use the software in my project.

 And it's too bad, because overall Trac looks like a very nice webapp which
 is being developed at a good pace.

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Ticket URL: <http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/ticket/2228>
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