remove --auth option from server commands

The implementation of this option contained syntax errors and did not work. For
more information, see https://gitlab.com/bugseverywhere/bugseverywhere/issues/7.

3 files changed, 3 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/libbe/command/html.py b/libbe/command/html.py
index 5186417..3dfeb75 100644
--- a/libbe/command/html.py
+++ b/libbe/command/html.py
@@ -794,7 +794,6 @@ class HTML (libbe.util.wsgi.ServerCommand):
             if option.name not in [
                 'read-only',
                 'notify',
-                'auth',
                 ]]
 
         self.options.extend([
@@ -854,7 +853,6 @@ class HTML (libbe.util.wsgi.ServerCommand):
         # provide defaults for the dropped options
         params['read-only'] = True
         params['notify'] = None
-        params['auth'] = None
         return super(HTML, self)._run(**params)
 
     def _get_app(self, logger, storage, index_file='', generation_time=None,
diff --git a/libbe/command/serve_commands.py b/libbe/command/serve_commands.py
index 30b4a69..7e8f57e 100644
--- a/libbe/command/serve_commands.py
+++ b/libbe/command/serve_commands.py
@@ -179,9 +179,8 @@ And in another terminal (or after backgrounding the server)::
     $ be --server http://localhost:8000/ list
 
 If you bind your server to a public interface, take a look at the
-``--read-only`` option or the combined ``--ssl --auth FILE``
-options so other people can't mess with your repository.  If you do use
-authentication, you'll need to send in your username and password::
+``--read-only`` option so other people can't mess with your
+repository.
 
     $ be --server http://username:password@localhost:8000/ list
 """
diff --git a/libbe/util/wsgi.py b/libbe/util/wsgi.py
index dcddcf3..62b0428 100644
--- a/libbe/util/wsgi.py
+++ b/libbe/util/wsgi.py
@@ -631,15 +631,6 @@ class ServerCommand (libbe.command.base.Command):
                         name='notify', metavar='EMAIL-COMMAND', default=None)),
                 libbe.command.Option(name='ssl', short_name='s',
                     help='Use CherryPy to serve HTTPS (HTTP over SSL/TLS)'),
-                libbe.command.Option(name='auth', short_name='a',
-                    help=('Require authentication.  FILE should be a file '
-                          'containing colon-separated '
-                          'UNAME:USER:sha1(PASSWORD) lines, for example: '
-                          '"jdoe:John Doe <jdoe@example.com>:'
-                          'd99f8e5a4b02dc25f49da2ea67c0034f61779e72"'),
-                    arg=libbe.command.Argument(
-                        name='auth', metavar='FILE', default=None,
-                        completion_callback=libbe.command.util.complete_path)),
                 ])
 
     def _run(self, **params):
@@ -655,15 +646,9 @@ class ServerCommand (libbe.command.base.Command):
         if params['read-only']:
             writeable = storage.writeable
             storage.writeable = False
-        if params['auth']:
-            self._check_restricted_access(storage, params['auth'])
-        users = Users(params['auth'])
+        users = Users()
         users.load()
         app = self._get_app(logger=self.logger, storage=storage, **params)
-        if params['auth']:
-            app = AdminApp(app, users=users, logger=self.logger)
-            app = AuthenticationApp(app, realm=storage.repo,
-                                    users=users, logger=self.logger)
         app = UppercaseHeaderApp(app, logger=self.logger)
         server,details = self._get_server(params, app)
         details['repo'] = storage.repo