Re: [Phpwiki-talk] user authentication

[Jeff D. <da...@da...>]

Bernd Duesmann said:

> so if anyone has figured out how userauthentication works it would be
> very usefull for me.

If you want to try hacking it in yourself, here's some vague hints as to
where to start (PhpWiki 1.3 CVS):

As has been noted, PhpWiki currently has no support at all for
registering or keeping track of users, so you'll have to figure
out a way to do that...

To hook into PhpWiki's login/authentication mechanism:

All user logins/signins go through WikiUser::_pwcheck().  This method
checks the provided username and password.  Currently it returns one
of three values:
  WIKIAUTH_ADMIN: if the username and password are those of the
        administrator.
  WIKIAUTH_BOGO: if bogo-login's are allowed, and the username is
        of a suitable format.
  false: Bad username or password.  Login fails.

You want to modifiy this method so that it can also return:
  WIKIAUTH_USER: username and password match that of a valid
        registered user.


If you do this, it should "just work" (hah).  But I haven't really
tried it, so it may well not.  If you have trouble with that part,
let me know, and I'd be happy to help debug.