Zopatistas, I need functionality that none of the UserManagers seem to address. I need to allow a user to elect to log in (and set AUTHENTICATED_USER) as opposed to have them access a restricted resource to trigger cookie authentication. I am essentially limited to GUF because it's the only thing I can install on my provider's system (I can't compile the LoginManager). Is there a way to allow the user to login at will, and still get AUTHENTICATED_USER set? There are no "restricted" parts of the site I am building (except for the management interface) however, I would like to generate dynamic menus (using hasrole) which allow users in specific groups (authors, members, etc) to have additional menu options. I'm hoping there is a way to do this... Thanks in advance, Darin Lee