[support] Sharing 'users' table with another database?

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On Mar 7, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Thoughts Ltd <domains at thoughts.pro> wrote:

> Has anyone here know how to get Drupal to share the 'users' table  
> with another database?
>
> (Or, in other words, connect to a different database to access the  
> 'users' table.)
>
> I have a "people" database that I share between all my different  
> projects, so that all of my clients/users need not sign up multiple  
> times.  Signing up to anything gets them signed up to everything.   
> Change their name/email/password once, it's changed everywhere.
>
> I've been able to do this because I was hand-coding all of my  
> projects, but now I'd like to use Drupal, yet still access this  
> central "users" table (I can make it exactly fit Drupal's specs/ 
> schema).
>
> Perhaps there's a different way to achieve what I'm trying to do?
>
> Any suggestions or pointers?
>
> Thanks much.
>
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