On May 28, 2008, at 10:57 AM, 703designs wrote:
> > I'm working with Cake right now, and I thought that ACL was my answer > to this question, but it seems that Cake's ACL (ACL in general, I > suppose) only deals with roles, etc: > > "It should be noted that ACL is *not* a system that is meant to > authenticate users. You should already have a way to store user > information and be able to verify that user's identity when they enter > the system." > > Well, this is all good and well, but the user authentication systems I > develop, while being functional, leave quite a bit to be desired, and > I really wouldn't trust them beyond the limited purposes for which > I've deployed them. To put it simply, I expect that a framework like > this one would make developing a sane user authentication system a bit > easier for a developer like myself. ACL != Auth. It's *related* to authentication, but so is the FormHelper. The criticism you're leveling here doesn't quite make sense. In any case, I might check out the AuthComponent (which works well with the ACL stuff). Chris' tute should be a good starting point. -- John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
