[wp-hackers] Sharing Users/authentication

[Stephen Rider]

Two blogs on the same database.  In fact, I'm trying this on a test  
setup that has the same Users and passwords in each.

The main blog (that is, the blog that uses the table prefix in  
question) is unchanged -- I didn't change the wp-config since it  
already looks at the right tables.  The second blog (that uses a  
different prefix) has the new defines in its wp-config file pointing  
to the tables of the first blog.

I'll do some digging into exactly what happens during the  
authentication, but I can't imagine why this would not work....

Thanks for the info so far.. :)

Stephen

On Aug 24, 2007, at 9:56 PM, Jacob Santos wrote:

> No idea. It could be any number of variables or problems. Write a  
> ticket to the forums and see if someone who is experienced knows  
> anything.
>
> Did you change the config of the second blog? Or third? Or Fourth?
>
> Is the second blog on the same database as the first blog?
>
> As I have had no need to attempt something like this, I have no  
> idea how to troubleshoot it. I might attempt it to see what the  
> requirements are beyond setting those two constants, but I really  
> don't think I will have time.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Jacob Santos
>
> Stephen Rider wrote:
>> That could be extremely useful for me.  However... when I do that  
>> I can't get into the admin screen on the "secondary" blog.  All I  
>> see is:
>>
>> You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.
>>
>> The main blog still works fine.  Any idea why???
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2007, at 1:07 PM, jacobsantos at branson.com wrote:
>>
>>> Yes. There are defines in the wp-settings.php file that can be  
>>> defined in the wp-config.php file.
>>>
>>> wp-config.php
>>> -----------------------
>>>
>>> // Underneath database config info
>>> define('CUSTOM_USER_TABLE', 'wp_users');
>>> define('CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE', 'wp_usermeta');
>>>
>>> In this way, you only need to have one wordpress users table and  
>>> usermeta table. You will have to keep track of the prefix of the  
>>> wordpress installation you have all of the users in.
>>>
>>> Jacob Santos
>>>
>>> Chris Lott wrote:
>>>> Faculty members have discovered CommentPress and would like to use
>>>> CommentPress enabled blogs alongside their regular class  
>>>> blogs... is
>>>> there a simple way to share the usernames/logins between two WP
>>>> installations? All that really needs to be shared is the login name
>>>> and password...
>>>>
>>>> c
>>>>
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