[wp-hackers] Use WP as an authentication system

[Alex Hempton-Smith]

By the way, I changed the cookie attributes in the
Firefox developer toolbar, and the authentication is now working.
I just need to stop WP saving the cookies with the original settings.

-- Alex


On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Alex Hempton-Smith <
hempsworth at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 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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