[Zope] How can I check a user_acl folder to see if a user already exists?

M. Adam Kendall mak@kha0s.org
30 Oct 2001 00:14:49 -0500


basically, you'll want to do something along the lines of:

request = context.REQUEST
response = request.RESPONSE
if request.form['Username'] in context.acl_users.getUserNames():
   response.redirect('/UserAlreadyExists.html')
else:
   # add user here
   
On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 12:11, Rob Foster wrote:
> Here's the setup:
> 
> I'm trying to add users to my site by having them fill out a form with 
> the following fields:
> 
> Username
> Password
> Confirm (password confirmation)
> 
> I want the form to post to a python script that will check the folder 
> and do a redirect to another document depending on what happens... I 
> don't know Python that well. I've tried doing it in dtml with no results.
> 
> Can someone help me with a little example code or at least point me to a 
> product that does this? Thanks in advance. -Rob
> 
> 
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