Auto Login with $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER']

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• mljones

  August 2008

  I have a plugin that integrates amember with vanilla that does something similar. Unfortunately I can't post it here because it's commercial code, but looking at how it works it looks like the main thing it does is on these lines: session_start(); $_SESSION["LussumoUserID"]=$yourUser; So probably something like: $_SESSION["LussumoUserID"]=$_SERVER['REMOTE_USER']; ...might work.

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• iamspammer

  August 2008

  Thanks. But where do I set that variable? init_vanilla.php?

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• iamspammer

  August 2008

  In the end I managed it. Here's what I did. Please let me know if I should change it or if it's ok.
  

  
  // Start a session if required username/password exist in the system
  	function Start(&$Context, $Authenticator, $UserID = '0') {
  
  
  		$UserManager = false;
  
  		// If the UserID is not explicitly defined (ie. by some vanilla-based login module),
  		// retrieve the authenticated UserID from the Authenticator module.
  		$this->UserID = ForceInt($UserID, 0);
  		if ($this->UserID == 0) $this->UserID = $Authenticator->GetIdentity();
  
  		// Now retrieve user information
  		if ($this->UserID > 0) {
  			$UserManager = $Context->ObjectFactory->NewContextObject($Context, 'UserManager');
  			$this->User = $UserManager->GetSessionDataById($this->UserID);
  
  			// If the session data retrieval failed for some reason, dump the user
  			if (!$this->User) {
  				$this->User = $Context->ObjectFactory->NewContextObject($Context, 'User');
  				$this->User->Clear();
  				$this->UserID = 0;
  			}
  		} else {
  			$this->User = $Context->ObjectFactory->NewContextObject($Context, 'User');
  			$this->User->Clear();
  			$this->AuthoAuthenticate($Context, $Authenticator, $UserID );
  
  		}
  	}
  	function AutoAuthenticate(&$Context, $Authenticator, $UserID = '0') {
  		$username = str_replace('MYNET\\','',$_SERVER['REMOTE_USER']);
  		$Authenticator->Authenticate($username,TRUE);
  		$this->Start($Context, $Authenticator,$UserID);
  	}
  

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• mljones

  August 2008

  Authenticate() sets the session variable so that looks like it ought to work.

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• iamspammer

  August 2008

  It's working and no problems so far. Thanks for verification (assures me that I am doing it right) :)

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• kenwhittington

  September 2008

  Nice work! Where did you put this code, and in what circumstance do you call it? Is it in a Vanilla source file?

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