[Typo3-dev] user management logic

[Wolfgang Klinger]

 *hiya!*
On 12:44 Thu 22 Apr     , Leendert Brouwer [Netcreators] wrote:
> I want to extend parts of the core where user management takes place, such
> as adding a user, editing a user, deleting a user. My intention is to let
> typo3 cooperate with a third-party user authentication system transparently.
> Does anyone know where in the core this logic is present, as to know what to
> extend exactly?

 Frontend or Backend or both?

 Have a look at class.t3lib_userauth.php, class.t3lib_userauthgroup.php,
 class.t3lib_beuserauth.php in /t3lib

 I would really appreciate the outsourcing of user authentication.
 I'm currently working on a WebDAV server for Typo3 and stumbled across
 this, if you want to make it really nice ;-) (why not?) rewrite the
 user authentication to use "services" and implement your third party
 connection as service (no big deal to make the default authentication
 a service too then, but it needs some ground work first).
 That would be cool, as you can then define a chain of services and it
 would be possible to walk through different authentication systems
 until a valid username/password/whatever combination is found.

 Don't know if there's real demand (I might say yes in your case?) but
 I like the idea! 8-)

 bye
 Wolfgang