[geeklog-devtalk] Remote Authentication ;-)

[Vincent Furia]

Guess I should have read the code before I put in my $0.02...

Thanks for clarifying Dirk.

-Vinny


On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:31:50 +0100, Dirk Haun <dirk at haun-online.de> wrote:

> Vinny,

> 

> >1. mynameismike1234-5678 logs in (via authentication), he gets a

> >unique uid of 6, his username for the geeklog site is

> >mynameismike1234 at blogger.com

> >2. mynameismike1234-5678 logsout

> >2. mynameismike1234-8765 logs in (via authentication), the system sees

> >that his username matches mynameismike1234 at blogger.com who already has

> >an account established.

> 

> Sorry, forgot to point out one detail: Of course we have to store the

> other site's username somewhere (Mike's implementation actually does

> that) so that we can tell them apart.

> 

> I just don't want to use that (possibly very long) name as the username

> in Geeklog, since we use Geeklog's username as the display name in so

> many places.

> 

> 

> >Also, all this brings up the question: shouldn't usernames be unique?

> >Two people can't share the same username (how would they log in?).

> 

> Two Geeklog users can't share the same username, since we couldn't tell

> them apart at login. But the two mikes from your above example could.

> 

> bye, Dirk

> 

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