[development] Generic Authentication Bridging

[Gabor Hojtsy]

Hi Gary,

You mean you would like to reinvent authentication modules?
http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/modules/authentication/

Gabor

Gary (Lists) wrote:
> Hello all.
> 
> 
> It's Saturday morning and I've convinced myself that:
> 
>     a) we're going to fully embracing Drupal, which means a few grumbles ;)
> 
>     b) I really need a way to (easily) bridge user authentication
>        between Drupal `userid` and several other SQL db's user entries
> 
>     c) and so I'd like to begin writing my first Drupal shareable code
> 
>     d) our 2-week tests with running pMachine inside Drupal are a success
> 
> 
> I am a generally confident PHP programmer, but I must admit that I am only
> at about 50% confidence with my knowledge of Drupal's APIs.
> 
> Therefore, I'd like to start on this [ (b) ] basic code project in order
> that I might solve an immediate need as well as become more confident with
> those API's, as they exist in 4.7.
> 
> If there are others who find that they might need a similar piece of code
> (see more full description below), then I would very much like to start a
> collaboration with you.
> 
> =================================================================
> Project:  Generic User Authentication Look-up Bridge Framework
> 
> Project Description:
> 
>     I wish to create a basic, super-admin-only set of PHP functions to
> bridge the Drupal user's table to (any) other SQL table.
> 
>    The Drupal `userid` will be looked up in any of the named DB's and will
> considered valid if both `userid` and `password` are the same in both
> places.
> 
>     Functionality would be modular, allowing the addition of
> application-specific bridges for common OSS user-based tools
> (i.e., pMachine, Olate Download, etc.)
> 
> 
> Project Hopes:
> 
>     1)  Simple, flexible design.
>     2)  Drop-In Install, Single-Page Management.
>     3)  Eventual addition of 'Authenticate and Migrate User' functionality.
> =================================================================
> 
> Please contact me via email if this is something that you have an interest
> in working on.  (Please, hold off on the "I'd like this too, but I have no
> way to help" emails until a bit later, okay? ;)
> 
> I am open to the possibility that I'm a dreamer and that I this dog won't
> hunt.  Please gently discourage, as appropriate.
> 
> --
> Gary
>