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author | joey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071> | 2006-11-20 01:52:18 +0000 |
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committer | joey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071> | 2006-11-20 01:52:18 +0000 |
commit | 54cf5a62cab254e923c8d73ae8bd043a1f33c3b1 (patch) | |
tree | bc30fa8f0ec7070eadb5dace8e9743272f742ba2 /doc/plugins/write.mdwn | |
parent | ad01bcd8b49deed11f602c43d1da8235280d5d6b (diff) |
* Make auth methods pluggable.
* Move httpauth support to a plugin.
* Add an openid plugin to support logging in using OpenID.
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index 5cace0911..7c4da8d5f 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn @@ -175,6 +175,19 @@ called in turn, and passed a CGI object. The hook should examine the parameters, and if it will handle this CGI request, output a page and terminate the program. +### cgi + + hook(type => "cgi", id => "foo", call => \&auth); + +This hook can be used to implement a different authentication method than +the standard web form. When a user needs to be authenticated, each registered +auth hook is called in turn, and passed a CGI object and a session object. + +If the hook is able to authenticate the user, it should set the session +object's "name" parameter to the authenticated user's name. Note that +if the name is set to the name of a user who is not registered, +a basic registration of the user will be automatically performed. + ### savestate hook(type => "savestate", id => "foo", call => \&savestate); |