Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
using authentication with acts_as_authenticated
Problem
You want to use the easiest authentication method, in order to add users/permissions to your application.
Solution
Install the act_as_authenticated plugin:
script/plugin install http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins/acts_as_authenticated
Generate controllers, models and migration:
script/generate authenticated user account
Add necessary user foreign keys in appropriate tables (ie customer in xxx_create_users.rb), plus other fields you may want to use in your user table (ie role):
create table “users”, [...]