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accounts: phase out local login with email and password #786

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GraemeWatt opened this issue Apr 2, 2024 · 0 comments
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accounts: phase out local login with email and password #786

GraemeWatt opened this issue Apr 2, 2024 · 0 comments
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The method of logging in with an email address and local password via invenio-accounts is less secure than using ORCID/CERN login, so it would be good if it could eventually be phased out. At the moment, there are a number of obstacles that would need to be overcome:

  1. Some accounts (especially, Coordinators) use a group email address with a shared local password, so these accounts cannot easily be mapped to a personal ORCID/CERN login. For group email addresses corresponding to CERN e-groups, it would be necessary to associate a personal CERN login with e-group membership. However, a personal CERN login could be associated with multiple CERN e-groups, possibly each having a separate HEPData account. A user may already be using a personal CERN login for their personal HEPData account distinct from a Coordinator account.
  2. The hepdata-cli tool requires a local password for uploads and it does not currently work with ORCID/CERN login (Allow authentication using CERN/ORCID login hepdata-cli#5), which seems complicated to implement.
  3. Testing and local development is simple with an email address and local password. This would be complicated if ORCID/CERN login was required.
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