[Zope] UserFolder Alternate Login

[dlee@usol.com]

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