Authenticate to a role
fuerst - June 3, 2009 - 07:34
| Project: | ipAuthenticator - authenticates an IP to a role |
| Version: | 6.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
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Description
Hi, what's the reason for removing the authenticate to a role mechanism? I did not find any explanation except the CVS message from November 14, 2008.
#1
The biggest reason was the Drupal caching system; specifically the menu. However, when you are authenticated as a user, the caching system isn't used. So I figured that anybody who was using the module, could just assign the roles to the ip authenticated account and you would have the same ability.
#2
Except then you'd have lots of people using one user account and not using their own user accounts.
Can you at least take the phrase "authenticates an IP to a role" out of the module's title now that it doesn't do this... at all?