Radicale/radicale/auth/__init__.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# This file is part of Radicale Server - Calendar Server
# Copyright © 2008-2012 Guillaume Ayoub
# Copyright © 2008 Nicolas Kandel
# Copyright © 2008 Pascal Halter
#
# This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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#
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"""
Authentication management.

"""

from radicale import config, log


def load():
    """Load list of available authentication managers."""
    auth_type = config.get("auth", "type")
    log.LOGGER.debug("Authentication type is %s" % auth_type)
    if auth_type == "None":
        return None
    else:
        module = __import__(
            "auth.%s" % auth_type, globals=globals(), level=2)
        return getattr(module, auth_type)