• Registered: 2005-12-02
  • Posts: 1

Topic: Using external authentication?

Hi there,
I'm integrating a forum into an existing web site that already has a user authentication system. I'd like to have that system be authoritative for PunBB, so when a logged in visitor arrives in PunBB, they are already logged in.

Thanks,
Aaron.

  • Registered: 2005-11-11
  • Posts: 122

Re: Using external authentication?

This is not easily possible unless written specifically for your authentication system. This would require either having PunBB access the tables in your authentication system rather than the users login/password, or viceversa, having your authentication system automatically add user/password info to the PunBB tables when they register through your authentication system and append existing ones and update the cookie on PunBB at the same time with your authentication system.