I wouldnt like to do this either (requesting just a password). Another thought.... by 'salting' the password you could avoid a message popping up if the users chose the same password.
Chris. bradley.holt wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> My suggestion would be to set everything up as if you required a >> username and password; a column in your users table for a >> id,username,password. On the front end only have a password field for >> the user to complete. >> >> In your auth controller instead of passing a value into >> setIdentity($username) from a form, pass the password >> >> setIdentity($password); >> >> Every user in your users table would have the same value in the >> username and password column. By doing this each 'user' would be >> unique as you could assign an id to them. >> >> The problem is someone might choose the same password. The way around >> this would be to make a check when you register a new user or setup a >> new password that the value is unique. > > > For this reason, I would ask Denis to question the spec here. It seems to > me > that only requiring a password is a *really bad* idea. As soon as a user > is > told they need to pick a different password because one is already in use, > they can now login as that other user! > > >> >> >> Dont know if thats the best way, but what came to my mind. If it >> doesnt make sense let me know ill try explain better :) >> >> Chris. >> >> >> >> >> 2008/4/30 Denis Fohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > i'm trying to simplify the authentification process as my client would >> like >> > to have only one input field to fill with password. >> > >> > As it is documented, the identity column must contain unique values >> but, >> in >> > this case, the identity should be the same for each user. >> > >> > Is there a way to do so ? >> > >> > Thank you. >> > >> > Denis. >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Chris. >> > > > > -- > Bradley Holt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/authenticate-only-with-password-with-database-adapter---tp16979051p16986302.html Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
