[TYPO3-dev] TYPO3 BE auth

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

J. Lingott wrote:
> can the backend login be extended in the same way as the frontend login,
> or can an auth service extension cover both parts?

Yes.

> What I am focusing on is being able to auth users from a foreign table
> (there are connected TYPO3 users).

There are a couple of extensions in TER that do it. I remember one for
vBulletin. Have a look.

> As well trying to integrate frontend rights for backend users, ain't it
> possible to use a fake fe_users record with general rights (for all
> backend users) and store the specific user data from backend user or
> external db in the fe_users' session only?

No, that's not possible. These are two separate subsystems.

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