Add DummyAuthenticator

jupyterhub/auth.py

@@ -686,3 +686,23 @@ class PAMAuthenticator(LocalAuthenticator):
             self.log.warning("Failed to close PAM session for %s: %s", user.name, e)
             self.log.warning("Disabling PAM sessions from now on.")
             self.open_sessions = False
+
+class DummyAuthenticator(Authenticator):
+    password = Unicode(
+        None,
+        allow_none=True,
+        config=True,
+        help="""
+        Set a global password for all users wanting to log in.
+
+        This allows users with any username to log in with the same static password.
+        """
+    )
+
+    @gen.coroutine
+    def authenticate(self, handler, data):
+        if self.password:
+            if data['password'] == self.password:
+                return data['username']
+            return None
+        return data['username']

testing/jupyterhub_config.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from jupyterhub.auth import DummyAuthenticator
+
 """sample jupyterhub config file for testing
 
 configures jupyterhub with dummyauthenticator and simplespawner
@@ -5,12 +7,6 @@ to enable testing without administrative privileges.
 """
 
 c = get_config() # noqa
-
-try:
-    from dummyauthenticator import DummyAuthenticator
-except ImportError:
-    print("dummyauthenticator not available. Try: `pip install jupyterhub-dummyauthenticator`")
-else:
 c.JupyterHub.authenticator_class = DummyAuthenticator
 
 try: