On May 12, 2011, at 23:08, Kristofer wrote: > I have a User model and the database contains the username (stored as > an email address). I would like to override the login so that it > preforms an external REST call to validate the password with an > external system (an external billing system). So the User model > doesn't have a password stored in the database, and the login() method > will need to be overridden to validate the username and password. > > My problem is that I can't seem to find where I manually tell the > AuthComponent that the user is logged in and that I have manually > validated the password. > > How do I go about doing this? Or do I need to override the Auth > component?
Does this help? http://book.cakephp.org/view/1255/AuthComponent-Methods#login-1261 I'm not sure it's the best way but it's what I found in the book. -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
