[Zope] newbie: exuserfolder-question

[Chris Withers]

seila@gmx.de wrote:
>   
> 1. sources  
> i already have a table for all my users. this table includes the basic  
> login fields (password, roles, user name) /and/ the so called properties  
> (email, street, etc.). as i dont't like the idea of changing this table  
> i'm wondering if it is possible/ a good idea to drop the *propsource part  
> of xuf and integrate my table columns into the *authsource part. or would  
> that break the whole (idea of the) product?   
> any hints? helpful ideas?   

You could always try SimpleUserFolder

> 2. session-based login method  
> as many of my users won't accept cookies: did anybody try to extend the  
> cookie-based authentication by session-based authentication ?  
> any hints or helpful ideas?   

Hmmm, if they won't take cookies, you'll have to come up with some kind of 
embedded-in-url id-based authentication. Yuk.

Still, in your case, I'd just stick with HTTP basic authentication...

cheers,

Chris