tonyair/silverstripe-framework
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-framework synced 2024-10-22 14:05:37 +02:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Update 03_Authentication.md

Browse Source 
Create a list to improve presentation on the silverstripe.org website.  Hopefully this works.  The API descriptions/links are currently missing.
This commit is contained in:
Antony Thorpe 2015-04-26 18:16:13 +12:00
parent 8e7513005f
commit b90432cb26
1 changed files with 9 additions and 16 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

21
docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/09_Security/03_Authentication.md
View File

@ -7,25 +7,20 @@ By default, SilverStripe provides a `[api:MemberAuthenticator]` class which hook
authentication system.
The main login system uses these controllers to handle the various security requests:
`[api:Security]` Which is the controller which handles most front-end security requests, including
* `[api:Security]` Which is the controller which handles most front-end security requests, including
Logging in, logging out, resetting password, or changing password. This class also provides an interface
to allow configured `[api:Authenticator]` classes to each display a custom login form.
`[api:CMSSecurity]` Which is the controller which handles security requests within the CMS, and allows
* `[api:CMSSecurity]` Which is the controller which handles security requests within the CMS, and allows
users to re-login without leaving the CMS.
## Member Authentication
The default member authentication system is implemented in the following classes:
`[api:MemberAuthenticator]` Which is the default member authentication implementation. This uses the email
* `[api:MemberAuthenticator]` Which is the default member authentication implementation. This uses the email
and password stored internally for each member to authenticate them.
`[api:MemberLoginForm]` Is the default form used by `MemberAuthenticator`, and is displayed on the public site
* `[api:MemberLoginForm]` Is the default form used by `MemberAuthenticator`, and is displayed on the public site
at the url `Security/login` by default.
`[api:CMSMemberLoginForm]` Is the secondary form used by `MemberAuthenticator`, and will be displayed to the
* `[api:CMSMemberLoginForm]` Is the secondary form used by `MemberAuthenticator`, and will be displayed to the
user within the CMS any time their session expires or they are logged out via an action. This form is
presented via a popup dialog, and can be used to re-authenticate that user automatically without them having
to lose their workspace. E.g. if editing a form, the user can login and continue to publish their content.
@ -34,12 +29,10 @@ The default member authentication system is implemented in the following classes
Additional authentication methods (oauth, etc) can be implemented by creating custom implementations of each of the
following base classes:
`[api:Authenticator]` The base class for authentication systems. This class also acts as the factory
* `[api:Authenticator]` The base class for authentication systems. This class also acts as the factory
to generate various login forms for parts of the system. If an authenticator supports in-cms
reauthentication then it will be necessary to override the `supports_cms` and `get_cms_login_form` methods.
`[api:LoginForm]` which is the base class for a login form which links to a specific authenticator. At the very
* `[api:LoginForm]` which is the base class for a login form which links to a specific authenticator. At the very
least, it will be necessary to implement a form class which provides a default login interface. If in-cms
re-authentication is desired, then a specialised subclass of this method may be necessary. For example, this form
could be extended to require confirmation of username as well as password.