Login in user without a prompt

[Gervase Markham]

Vijay Avarachen wrote:
> Hello,
>    I am trying to set-up a page which users will access directly 
> (without getting prompted for a login and password) and enter their 
> trouble ticked in there.  This page will be customized to the product 
> they are using and they won't have to worry about the various options 
> that usually are presented when accessing enter_bug.cgi (these options 
> will be pre-select and hidden from them).  How can I do this?  I am not 
> a  perl/cgi guru and goign through the mailing list archive didn't help 
> much.  We are using version 2.14.2.   My first concern is how can I get 
> the user to enter_bug.cg without the password prompt.  Then I would try 
> to figure out passing hidden values to the various options specific to 
> the user/product.  Thanks in advance.

Removing the password prompt is a problem because Bugzilla assumes that 
everyone entering a bug will have an account. You could change the call 
in enter_bug.cgi from confirm_login() to quietly_check_login(), but then 
you'd probably end up with a reporter of "__UNKNOWN__", which would be a 
bit ugly.

If you want hidden default values on a bug entry form, you just use 
<input type="hidden" name="{field}" value="{value}">

Gerv