Folks, this *can* be done if you dig deep enough. I know it is bad karma to modify the source, but I've done it - to add LDAP authentication capability to Auth. I even have the diffs against 6311 :-) The trick is to look at the identify() method in auth.php. Essentially the hard coded call to find needs to be replaced with an if/else in two places - only 4 extra lines of "real" code, I was very careful to use what is provided and completely minimise the hack.
This hack is the only diversion from standard, the rest can be achieved by careful use of the hooks and callbacks provided. You have to use a few tricks that are supported to override things like hashPasswords. It did take a while to figure it out with heavy use of pr() etc, and was complicated a bit by an "Employee" rather than "User" model. I've got half a bakery article written (on my screen right now, how is that for a tease) and had in mind a trac ticket with the changes, which are 100% backward compatible. (essentially, check for presence of an alternative "authenticateUser" method in the user model, if exists, then call it) For the record, I'm using Auth, with authentication via an LDAP stored password, with a local Employee table with various "cached" data like user role etc. This approach would work for any external authentication requirement, as it leaves you to write the method. I'm still playing with the right approach to use in beforeFilter() / isAuthorized() and app_controller / xxx_controllers before I can give a definitive statement. Howard --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
