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Re: [OAUTH-WG] Getting a username from an access id in oauth2

Phil Hunt <phil.hunt@oracle.com> Thu, 09 April 2015 18:45 UTC

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Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] Getting a username from an access id in oauth2
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This has been a long standing issue. OAuth is an authorization protocol and not an authentication protocol. 

You might want to look at OpenID Connect for an OAuth profile that addresses your case. 

Phil

> On Apr 9, 2015, at 10:35, Brian Hurt <bhurt42@gmail.com> wrote:
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> This is probably the wrong place to ask this question- if so, I apologize.  But I'm trying to figure out how to get a username given only an access id (and client id, etc.) in oauth2.  Is this possible, and if so, how?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
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