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Cheat Sheet:
See: http://technoweenie.stikipad.com/plugins/show/User+Authentication Install: >> ruby script/plugin source http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins >> ruby script/plugin install acts_as_authenticated Generate: >> ruby script/generate authenticated user account >> rake db:migrate To require logins for all actions, use this in your controllers: before_filter :login_required To require logins for specific actions, use this in your controllers: before_filter :login_required, :only => [ :edit, :update ] To skip this in a subclassed controller: skip_before_filter :login_required Here are other available methods for your views and controllers: * logged_in? – Returns true if the user is currently logged in. * current_user – Returns an instance of the currently logged in user. You can override the #protect? method in your controller to only protect certain actions: # don't protect the login and the about method def protect?(action) if ['login', 'about'].include?(action) return false else return true end end You can also override #authorized? in your controller to restrict the actions based on the user: # only allow nonbobs def authorized?(user) user.login != "bob" end

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