def authorize_web
if session[:user]
- @user = User.find(session[:user])
+ @user = User.find(session[:user], :conditions => {:visible => true})
elsif session[:token]
@user = User.authenticate(:token => session[:token])
session[:user] = @user.id
redirect_to :controller => 'user', :action => 'login', :referer => request.request_uri unless @user
end
- def authorize(realm='Web Password', errormessage="Couldn't authenticate you")
+ ##
+ # sets up the @user object for use by other methods. this is mostly called
+ # from the authorize method, but can be called elsewhere if authorisation
+ # is optional.
+ def setup_user_auth
username, passwd = get_auth_data # parse from headers
# authenticate per-scheme
if username.nil?
else
@user = User.authenticate(:username => username, :password => passwd) # basic auth
end
+ end
+
+ def authorize(realm='Web Password', errormessage="Couldn't authenticate you")
+ # make the @user object from any auth sources we have
+ setup_user_auth
# handle authenticate pass/fail
unless @user
# phrase from that, we can also put the error message into the status
# message. For now, rails won't let us)
def report_error(message)
- render :nothing => true, :status => :bad_request
+ render :text => message, :status => :bad_request
# Todo: some sort of escaping of problem characters in the message
response.headers['Error'] = message
end
def get_auth_data
if request.env.has_key? 'X-HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' # where mod_rewrite might have put it
authdata = request.env['X-HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'].to_s.split
+ elsif request.env.has_key? 'REDIRECT_X_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' # mod_fcgi
+ authdata = request.env['REDIRECT_X_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'].to_s.split
elsif request.env.has_key? 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' # regular location
authdata = request.env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'].to_s.split
end