[wp-hackers] Use WP as an authentication system

[Alex Hempton-Smith]

Brilliant, so I changed the cookie path from "/wp/wp-admin" to "/", and
changed the host from "www.example.com" to ".example.com".
How would I force WP to save the cookies like this?

-- Alex


On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Gaarai <gaarai at gaarai.com> wrote:

> The cookie is most likely being set just for the domain that your WordPress
> resides on. The subdomain is treated as a different domain.
>
> So, you might look at modifying the cookie to be set for a domain of ".
> domain.com". Note the dot (.) in front of the domain name. This should
> ensure that the cookie will work for all subdomains.
>
>
> Chris Jean
> http://gaarai.com/
> http://wp-roadmap.com/
>
>
>
> Alex Hempton-Smith wrote:
>
>> Thanks Mike, I've defined ABSPATH and when I visit the page I get sent to
>> the WP login page. I log in, it redirects me to the Dashboard. When I go
>> back to the subdomain it just shows me the login page again.
>> Why's it doing this you think?
>>
>> -- Alex
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:18 PM, <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> admin.php includes wp-load.php and assumes it's relative directory.
>>> Either
>>> define ABSPATH to your WordPress root or explicitly require() wp-load.php
>>> using the correct directory before requiring admin.php and that should
>>> solve
>>> it.
>>>
>>> -Mike
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 15, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Alex Hempton-Smith <
>>> hempsworth at googlemail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  I'm having real trouble with this... I get errors when I try to include
>>>
>>>
>>>> the
>>>> following code:
>>>> require_once('../wp/wp-admin/admin.php');
>>>>
>>>> Saying:
>>>> Warning: require_once(../wp-load.php) [function.require-once]: failed
>>>> to open stream: No such file or directory in...
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody have any experience of using WP in this way?
>>>>
>>>> -- Alex
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Gaarai <gaarai at gaarai.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  I'm about to head out, but I wanted to give you a tip to get you
>>>> started.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I recommend checking out the wp-admin/index.php file. This should serve
>>>>> as
>>>>> a template for your custom app.
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll also need to look at the $_REQUEST['redirect_to'] query arg so
>>>>> that
>>>>> you can properly redirect your user once they've logged in. You can
>>>>> find
>>>>> more about it by looking in the wp-login.php file.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris Jean
>>>>> http://gaarai.com/
>>>>> http://wp-roadmap.com/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex Hempton-Smith wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm building a set of custom apps/scripts for our charity and I would
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> to make these available at "staff.example.com". I have a regular
>>>>>> install
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> WP in "example.com/wp/". The staff subdomain's content is actually in
>>>>>> /home/
>>>>>> example.com/staff/.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Instead of re-invent the wheel I (and to have the same
>>>>>> usernames/passwords),
>>>>>> I would like to use the authentication system from the WP install on
>>>>>> my
>>>>>> own
>>>>>> custom PHP stuff in the subdomain. And then be able to use normal WP
>>>>>> functions within my own app, like checking if they're logged in,
>>>>>> getting
>>>>>> usernames etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What do I need to do to allow my users to log into the main install,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> then be logged into the custom area?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know it'll be more than just including 'wp-blog-header.php', because
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> cookies etc?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Many thanks if anyone can help!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Alex
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