1907: Need better docs for configuration custom authentication

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chipx86
 chipx86
Jan. 8, 2011 
Using ReviewBoard 1.5, I attempted to install a custom authentication mechanism.

For my first attempt, I altered my PythonPath, and added a new path, and then put a module under a directory.  That didn't work though.

What I got was an error that said that the module couldn't be loaded, even though the python path clearly indicated I had the right path available.

What did work was for me to define my authentication mechanism and put the new custom back end file in the "conf" directory already configured.
chipx86
#1 chipx86 
There are some docs up on writing these at http://www.reviewboard.org/docs/codebase/dev/extending/auth-backends/

However, they don't go into detail on the install. This is because we're redoing the auth backend mechanism to be a lot easier to work with. We'll also be providing a template for an auth backend.

The current docs assume some knowledge of how to write a Python module (as the __init__.py requirement is a standard Python convention, not anything specific to Review Board).
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chipx86
#2 chipx86 
These exist now.
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