Comments on: Authlogic – Rails Authentication Done Right

By: Nona Mills

Nona Mills — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:26:23 +0000

Ed, I still use Authlogic and like it quite a bit. From all the auth plugins I’ve looked at, Authlogic is the most rails-like. But I don’t know what the simplest one is. If you are looking for just a drop in auth system with virtually no setup, I have not seen one yet.

By: Federico

Federico — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:14:38 +0000

Hi Jose,

Ryan Bates CanCan gem is very simple and flexible, you could give that a try.

By: José Duarte

José Duarte — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:24:21 +0000

Hi, I´m starting now with Rails and I´ve sucessfully installed authlogic in my app. Had previous experience with restful_authentication and authlogic seems much better and much more rails-like.
However my needs extends to an authorization/roles scheme, I had 3hours trying to find an example/plugin that combined with authlogic and I couldn´t found.
Anyone got a hint?
Thanks

By: jDeppen

jDeppen — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:37:25 +0000

@NBee here’s an activation tutorial that I’m just starting to implement:
http://github.com/matthooks/authlogic-activation-tutorial/tree/master

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:31:08 +0000

@NBee: Sure, you can use any activation scheme you want. Sorry, but I don't have an example I can send you of email activation. Maybe you could send a quick message to Ben Johnson, the author of Authlogic as he may have one or can put up a quick tutorial.

By: NBee

NBee — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:56:49 +0000

Is it possible in authlogic to activate users via sending emails rather than authorizing right away? I see that there is a mechanism to reset the passwords? Is it possible to activate users only after they click on there email? Please let me know it would really be helpful.

By: Ryan Sandridge

Ryan Sandridge — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:48:28 +0000

I think Ed was curious about what Roles/Permissions software integrates the best with AuthLogic… not what is a simpler alternative to AuthLogic.

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:58:54 +0000

Ed,
I still use Authlogic and like it quite a bit. From all the auth plugins I’ve looked at, Authlogic is the most rails-like. But I don’t know what the simplest one is. If you are looking for just a drop in auth system with virtually no setup, I have not seen one yet.

By: Ed Jones

Ed Jones — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:52:35 +0000

Thanks for the writeup. I keep seeing similar posts in the November timeframe–which was about when authlogic was released. What I’m looking for is evidence that things are still going well, …and also what is the simplest role authorization system to use with it?

By: John Harris

John Harris — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:21:10 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion. I will be clicking over to the tutorial. I appreciate the semi-frustrations with RA and am looking for exactly what you describe in Authlogic.

Take care.