Re: User Login

Ryan Bigg (Radar)
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:14:55 -0000

The login generator was deprecated ages ago, you could try using
acts_as_authenticated or restful_authentication (the latter being the
latest), and seeing if they work (they should)

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:02 AM, cz231
<cz231g-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

>
>
> That still doesn''t work. Maybe I haven''t given you enough
info...I''m
> using the LoginGenerator if that changes things...
> http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/LoginGenerator
> Thanks.
> On Jun 4, 11:47 pm, Fredrik Thuresson
<fredrik.thures...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > <% if session[:uid].blank? %>
> >     Login Form
> > <% else %>
> >     <%="Hello id: #{session[:uid]}" %>
> > <% end %>
> >
> > -Fredrik
> >
> > cz231 wrote:
> > > Hmm...that doesn''t work...Does anyone else know?
> > > I''ll have to look into that plugin too...
> >
> > > Right now I''m trying
> > > <% if session[:uid] != nil  -%>
> > > Welcome User
> >
> > >                    <% else -%>
> > >            Login Form
> > > <% end -%>
> >
> > > Thanks for any help...
> >
> > > On Jun 2, 9:02 pm, Cayce Balara
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >> cz231 wrote:
> >
> > >>> Oops, sorry about that, I accidentally sent it somehow...
> >
> > >>> Anyway, for the <% if session[:uid] = @user.id -%>
, I don''t know
> what
> > >>> would go in there...
> >
> > >>> Thanks for your help...
> >
> > >> Really all you want to know is if there is a session[:uid] -
> >
> > >> <% if session[:uid] %>
> >
> > >> if there is then the user is logged in, otherwise it will be
nil.
> >
> > >> However, there''s some more to it. I would recommend
you pull down the
> > >> restful_authentication plugin, run the generator and then
examine the
> > >> code to see how they do all this, which will teach you a lot.
> >
> > >> For instance, Restful_Authentication exposes the currently
logged in
> > >> user with "current_user" and also methods like
"logged_in?" and
> > >> "authorized?" that will assist with what you are
trying to do.
> > >> --
> > >> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> >
>


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