OpenID and Drupal registration
eap1935 - May 11, 2008 - 16:01
I have a simple use case that I'm sure thousands of other Drupal users share. I have a simple site and I'd like to enable comments, but I don't want to have to deal with a lot of spam. My ideal solution is to let people log in with OpenID and then present a captcha before they can post a comment. I thought the point of OpenID was SINGLE server registration, but this is not how Drupal OpenID is implemented. In order to log in with OpenID on my Drupal 6 site, users are still required to create a Drupal registration.
Are there any plans for Drupal to implement OpenID so that users don't also require a Drupal account?
part of the problem
Part of the problem is openID servers which don't share information about accounts. Specifically: email addresses. Drupal needs one to register a user. This is not *just* a problem with Drupal. My experience with OpenID in 5.x is that once a user signs in they have to submit an email address before they can complete the registration. A small step, if you ask me.
In other words, no
For anyone else who has the same question, the answer seems to be no, there are no plans to de-couple OpenID login from Drupal accounts. In my mind, this means the Drupal OpenID implementation is broken.
Why OpenID
Why not just let users post comments anonymously. You can still set up the Captha thingie to help prevent spam.
I haven't used OpenID yet, so I'm curious as to what the benefits are under your proposed use.
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