Comment 27 for bug 532055

Martin: Ground Control is now working again, I've taken to using the embedded python webkit to get it authenticated and then let the normal behind the scenes take care of the authorisation.

Glad it's working, but this is an opportunity too. If we can develop an openid provider that launchpad can tie to using the uploaded ssh keys, then ground control can actually be the enabler, it can make ssh keys and tie a user's desktop to their account and after some refinement and development manage that access.

Any third party tools would then have access via the ssh key openid provider, all they'd need is ground control's configuration as an soft account configuration dependency. (users with existing key pairs wouldn't need it) All the code is there ont he desktop side, we'd just need server support.