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...odule approach to logins / authentication. It seems that the generator and engines approaches are the way to go. I assume this mentality is due to the desire to include login pages, password recovery pages, etc. But what if a plugin usage looked like this: class MyUser < ActiveRecord::Base acts_as_user :login => "username_field", :password => "my_password_field" use_acl :roles end The plugin has no ambitions of handling views, but only doing model tasks, such as salting the password, and possibly providing access to roles. Its easy to update (no generated code), and...

I''m pleased to announce a new plugin for Rails: Userstamp. You can read my blog post at http://www.delynnberry.com/articles/2006/01/20/userstamp-plugin and/or read all about it at the perminant page http://www.delynnberry.com/pages/userstamp. Any comments or suggestions for improvement are much appreciated. -- DeLynn Berry delynn@gmail.com http://www.delynnberry.com A dump of the Readme