[Typo3-dev] user management logic

[Leendert Brouwer [Netcreators]]

Thanks for your reply!


"Wolfgang Klinger" <wolfgang at stufenlos.net> wrote in message
news:mailman.1772.1082633464.241.typo3-dev at lists.netfielders.de...
> *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?

Frontend :)

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

I already had a look at those, but couldn't find anything that looked like
actually adding to, editing, or deleting from the te_users table. Any other
suggestions?

>
>  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.

Well actually I think I meant something that is a bit different. In this
case I want to let the phpBB extension cooperate nicely with typo3, so when
a user gets added to typo3, it would also be added to phpBB (so that users
that are registered with typo3 can post in phpBB as well without having to
register for phpBB seperately. But your idea is an appealing one as well.
I've only started working with typo3 for about a week and a half, so I don't
know all ins and outs yet (by far). I do know OO fairly well though, which
makes extending the system easier. I don't know if what you're saying could
be done, as I'd assume there would be quite a few core dependencies. But
I'll leave it to the guru's to answer your idea :) I like it, anyway.

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