--- a/rhodecode/lib/auth.py	Sat Oct 29 16:36:26 2011 +0200
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/auth.py	Sat Oct 29 17:03:33 2011 +0200
@@ -223,9 +223,31 @@
                 pass
     return False
 
+def login_container_auth(username):
+    user = User.get_by_username(username)
+    if user is None:
+        user_model = UserModel()
+        user_attrs = {
+                 'name': username,
+                 'lastname': None,
+                 'email': None,
+                }
+        if not user_model.create_for_container_auth(username, user_attrs):
+            return None
+        user = User.get_by_username(username)
+        log.info('User %s was created by container authentication', username)
+
+    if not user.active:
+        return None
+
+    user.update_lastlogin()
+    log.debug('User %s is now logged in by container authentication', user.username)
+    return user
+
 def get_container_username(environ, cfg=config):
     from paste.httpheaders import REMOTE_USER
     from paste.deploy.converters import asbool
+
     username = REMOTE_USER(environ)
 
     if not username and asbool(cfg.get('proxypass_auth_enabled', False)):
@@ -278,14 +300,12 @@
             is_user_loaded = user_model.fill_data(self, user_id=self.user_id)
         elif self.username:
             log.debug('Auth User lookup by USER NAME %s', self.username)
-            dbuser = User.get_by_username(self.username)
-            if dbuser is not None and dbuser.active:
+            dbuser = login_container_auth(self.username)
+            if dbuser is not None:
                 for k, v in dbuser.get_dict().items():
                     setattr(self, k, v)
                 self.set_authenticated()
                 is_user_loaded = True
-                log.debug('User %s is now logged in', self.username)
-                dbuser.update_lastlogin()
 
         if not is_user_loaded:
             if self.anonymous_user.active is True:

--- a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py	Sat Oct 29 16:36:26 2011 +0200
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py	Sat Oct 29 17:03:33 2011 +0200
@@ -455,7 +455,8 @@
 
 def gravatar_url(email_address, size=30):
     if not str2bool(config['app_conf'].get('use_gravatar')) or \
-        email_address == 'anonymous@rhodecode.org':
+            not email_address or \
+            email_address == 'anonymous@rhodecode.org':
         return url("/images/user%s.png" % size)
 
     ssl_enabled = 'https' == request.environ.get('wsgi.url_scheme')

--- a/rhodecode/model/user.py	Sat Oct 29 16:36:26 2011 +0200
+++ b/rhodecode/model/user.py	Sat Oct 29 17:03:33 2011 +0200
@@ -92,6 +92,35 @@
             self.sa.rollback()
             raise
 
+    def create_for_container_auth(self, username, attrs):
+        """
+        Creates the given user if it's not already in the database
+        
+        :param username:
+        :param attrs:
+        """
+        if self.get_by_username(username, case_insensitive=True) is None:
+            try:
+                new_user = User()
+                new_user.username = username
+                new_user.password = None
+                new_user.api_key = generate_api_key(username)
+                new_user.email = attrs['email']
+                new_user.active = True
+                new_user.name = attrs['name']
+                new_user.lastname = attrs['lastname']
+
+                self.sa.add(new_user)
+                self.sa.commit()
+                return True
+            except (DatabaseError,):
+                log.error(traceback.format_exc())
+                self.sa.rollback()
+                raise
+        log.debug('User %s already exists. Skipping creation of account for container auth.',
+                  username)
+        return False
+
     def create_ldap(self, username, password, user_dn, attrs):
         """
         Checks if user is in database, if not creates this user marked