[TYPO3] getting my head around login process

[Cate & Peter]

Hey Dmitry :)

> >
> > 1.	User enters username and password into (any) login form (from any
> > extension)
> > 2.	data is passed to something within typo3, but independent from which
> > login extension one uses
> > 3.	data is verified and results in login (or failure)
> >
> > Am I right? It really doesn't matter what login extension you use? Can
you
> > use more than one extension (ie newloginbox AND macmade), or do you just
> > alter the layout of the one extension if you want it in two places?
> 
> Almost right :)
> 
> Firsts, newloginbox, tcloginbox or whatever other loginbox extensions are
just show
> the box! They do not authenticate user. As soon as certain GET or POST
fields are
> passed to TYPO3, TYPO3 will attempt to login user. You can even try it
manually from
> a browser:
> 
> http://whatever/?logintype=login&user=john&pass=mypass&pid=12345
> 
> pid is where FE user records are stored.
> 
 
Cool - so in theory I can use loginbox_macmade on each page in the template,
and then send users to newloginbox on another page ... theoretically :) (as
I sit to type that out I think to myself ..."why was I wanting to do
that???" ...hmmmm. Memory like a sieve.)

Cate