Hi Georg, The patch looks really interesting.
I just peeked at the code and it seems organized and very well documented. I'll review it a little more and then put it on queue for the next version. Thank you very much. Javier Georg Lehner wrote: > Hello! > > As announced two weeks ago I spent some time for writing a "pluggable" > authentication system for JFFNMS. I am pleased to announce, that the > basic functionality is already working and that you will find a > preliminary patch at: > > http://www.magma.com.ni/sw/jffnms/jffnms-auth.patch.gz > > A demo-setup is accessible at: > > https://www.magma.com.ni:8443/nms/ > > Start with user admin, pass admin. > > The docs and plugin sources are also on the net: > > http://www.magma.com.ni/sw/jffnms/auth > > Please start reading with README.auth. > > The patch should apply cleanly on a Debian Etch JFFNMS (0.8.3) > installation. After creating the default database tables, source the > auth/auth.sql script to add the missing tables and update 'clients' > and 'auth'. Note: auth/auth.sql is Postgres only (however trivial to > convert to mysql). > > The resulting JFFNMS installation should work identically to an > unpatched version, i.e. one administrative user 'admin' with password > 'admin' is created, and you can start adding users/customers without > hardly noting any difference to the original JFFNMS. > > Please note, that I am only a casual php programmer. The "plugin" > trick is done in api-classes.inc.php, in the class jffnms, function > backend_auth with an "eval" statement. I am sure a better/more > elegant solution can be found to achieve the required functionality > and would be glad if somebody would work it out and propose or > implement before things settle. Also, while writing this email I > realize, that I messed up the formatting of the authenticate function, > sorry, I will happily fix that one if needed :) > > I will be happy for any feedback, and if you bug me enough I might > write on or the other most asked for authentication backend. > > Best Regards, > > Jorge-León > > P.S.: htdocs/admin/adm/adm_profiles.php had to be patched, to be able > to alter user profiles. I guess, however, that this is an already > known problem, and hope that there already exists a better fix then > mine. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > jffnms-users mailing list > jffnms-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jffnms-users -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Javier Szyszlican [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ jffnms-users mailing list jffnms-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jffnms-users
