Hi folks, I''ve got an older project I''ve used LoginGenerator for. It works pretty well, but lacks password resetting, etc. Now I''ve got a new project for a client that''s going to need login capabilities as well. I''ve been looking at the Salted Login Generator and the Login Engine, and have taken quick stabs at running through the installation instructions for each. In both cases, I ran up against errors during the installation, and wasn''t able to get things working. I''m going to have to sort through these issues for one thing or another, but wanted to check in with the community''s wisdom and see what people think the best system to work with would be. It appears to me that the Login Engine implementation is most up-to-date, but I''d be interested to hear if anyone has strong feelings to the contrary, or if there''s another approach that I might have missed. Thanks in advance for any input. Sean McMains -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On Jun 2, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Sean McMains wrote:> Now I''ve got a new project for a client that''s going to need login > capabilities as well. I''ve been looking at the Salted Login Generator > and the Login Engine, and have taken quick stabs at running through > the > installation instructions for each. In both cases, I ran up against > errors during the installation, and wasn''t able to get things working. > > I''m going to have to sort through these issues for one thing or > another, > but wanted to check in with the community''s wisdom and see what people > think the best system to work with would be. It appears to me that the > Login Engine implementation is most up-to-date, but I''d be > interested to > hear if anyone has strong feelings to the contrary, or if there''s > another approach that I might have missed.Most people on the list seem to suggest acts_as_authenticated [1] as a great starter system. It''s pretty easy to understand so extending it for custom uses doesn''t take much effort. Also, there are several other plugins that can layer on top of it to offer things like role based controls [2]. cr [1] http://technoweenie.stikipad.com/plugins/show/Acts+as+Authenticated [2] http://opensvn.csie.org/ezra/rails/plugins/dev/acl_system2/
> Most people on the list seem to suggest acts_as_authenticated [1] as > a great starter system. It''s pretty easy to understand so extending > it for custom uses doesn''t take much effort. Also, there are several > other plugins that can layer on top of it to offer things like role > based controls [2].Hey, that <em>does</em> look promising! Thanks awfully for the pointer -- that should be a big help. Sean -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.