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Authentication

SWS authentication documentation

Authentication

SWS also provides a framework for authenticating users on the web. It purposefully does not provide user administration from the web, however -- that task is left to a Perl script called swsuser.

The authentication is based on a simple user and privilege model. Every user has zero or more privileges, and each content that needs to be protected has one or more associated privileges. If the user has one of these privileges, access to the content is granted. The swsuser script is used to define, grant and revoke privileges.

Authentication API

The following functions can be used from within PHP:

swsuser

swsuser is a Perl script written to manage SWS users. It can add users and privileges, change passwords, and grant or revoke privileges to and from users.

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