From 54cf5a62cab254e923c8d73ae8bd043a1f33c3b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: joey Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:52:18 +0000 Subject: * Make auth methods pluggable. * Move httpauth support to a plugin. * Add an openid plugin to support logging in using OpenID. --- doc/plugins/write.mdwn | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/plugins/write.mdwn') 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); -- cgit v1.2.3