[Zope] Which login-system to use ? (newbie addon)

[Coleman, Bryan]

I want to tie the login to authentication from a database. That is I want to
from the application add someone and then there information will become the
login. I have absolutly no idea how to go about this.

- Bryan

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	tsarna@endicor.com [SMTP:tsarna@endicor.com]
> Sent:	Friday, May 12, 2000 9:23 AM
> To:	zope@zope.org
> Subject:	Re: [Zope] Which login-system to use ?
> 
> In article <130790366046.20000512144824@funcom.com>,
> Geir Bækholt  <geirh@funcom.com> wrote:
> > GUF and LoginManager look like the way to go, but which one
> > would be easiest to implement with those requirements ?
> 
> The only User Source currently availible for LoginManager is
> GenericUserSource, which tries to emulate GUF. There is currently no
> SQLUserSource included. So, it's no easier for one vs another -- the
> work would be about identical (you could even copy your userAuthenticate
> and such methods from one to the other if you wanted to switch).
> 
> LoginManager does give you extra bells and whistles, though.
> > What is the State of The LoginManager ? - is it correct that
> > it is meant as a part of the PortalToolkit ? -Will it
> > function separate from the PTK ??
> 
> Well, it was definately written with PTK's requirements in mind.
> However, I can assure you it works without, as the authors have not yet
> found time to even download PTK and play with it yet :-)
> 
> Seriously, LoginManager is intended to be very flexible, and it has no
> dependancies at all on PTK. The only connection with PTK (and the reason
> it was originally included there) is that it has features PTK needs that
> other userfolder's don't offer. It works perfectly fine without PTK.
> 
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