Authlogic is a clean, simple, and unobtrusive ruby authentication solution.
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what is the omniauth & email-password registration best practice?
What is the best practice for combining Facebook login (let's say I'll use Omniauth gem) and email+password login?
I saw a few blogs, saw the Railscasts, I know everyone is using Devise gem with Omniauth. But I'm looking for some different…

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authlogic not working with capybara when using the selenium driver
I have all my capybara tests working with my authlogic members area using the default driver, but when i change one test to use selenium driver as it has ajax in it, it gives my theis error :
You must activate the Authlogic::Session::Base.controller…

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Which Rails authentication system is better: AuthLogic, Clearance, or Devise?
I'd like to implement a third-party Ruby on Rails authentication system that is actively developed and carries sensible defaults.
I've narrowed down my selection to AuthLogic and Clearance (thoughtbot) -- can anyone sway me in either direction? In…

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Rails GrapeAPI + Authlogic undefined method `session'
I'm trying to build an API for login using GrapeAPI and Authlogic.
My code looks like this:
class Api
class V1
class UserSessionsController < Grape::API
post :login do
@user_session = UserSession.new(params[:user_session])
if…

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session generator not working for Authlogic in Rails 3.Help me out !
I installed authlogic and created a signup mechanism.And for creating a sign in mechanism
I tried to generate the session controlers as below but rails 3 throws error as follows.
How do I create the user_session and proceed with authlogic in rails 3…

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Rails 3 Authlogic - 'acts_as_authentic' undefined
I'm getting the following error:
NameError (undefined local variable or method `acts_as_authentic' for #):
app/models/user.rb:2
app/controllers/user_controller.rb:3:in `new'
I'm using Rails 3.0.0, with Ruby 1.8.7. Authlogic…

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User login while testing with rspec and authlogic
I have a spec for testing a controller as below
require 'spec_helper'
describe ProductsController do
setup :activate_authlogic
describe "user not logged in" do
it "should not GET index" do
get :index
response.should…

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Using Authlogic to authenticate with only a username
There's this mother app which is on Java (Struts), which also handles authentication. My Rails app which is being integrated into the mother app uses authlogic. Ofcourse, the requirement is, once someone logs into the mother app, they should…

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Why I'm getting undefined method `cookies'?
I'm trying to setup Authlogic with single_access_token for my rails backend app (I'm using rails-api gem).
I'm following this example: http://blog.centresource.com/2013/06/04/using-ember-auth-with-rails-3-and-authlogic/
So far, I'm able to create…

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Declarative authorization and the if_attribute not working
I've been having almost the same issues as Victor Martin (you can see the questions asked here).
I've got declarative authorization working for just about everything that doesn't involve using conditionals. E.g.
has_permission_on :users, :to =>…

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Authlogic_OpenID - "uninitialized constant Rack::OpenID"
So I followed the railscast tutorial (http://railscasts.com/episodes/170-openid-with-authlogic) and used the old version of the plugin from Ryan's git file. I can now successfuly create/register a user using OpenID (Google), but I cannot log in with…

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Rails 3, Authlogic, NGINX and HTTP basic authentication no working nicely together
I am in the early stages of building an app using Rails 3. User authentication is powered by Authlogic which I have setup pretty much as standard (as per the example docs) and everything is working as expected locally.
I have just deployed the app…

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Rails authlogic : How to make Levels?
I followed this tutorial for setting Autlogic up properly. So, my site needs a form of level, like "Admin", "Moderator", "User", "Guest". So Admins can do everything, where Moderators may not can make site changes. And Users can't destroy, Update or…

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Authlogic admin subsite
Following this tutorial getting the following errors:
NameError in Admin/dashboardsController#show
uninitialized constant Admin::DashboardsController
NameError in Admin sessionController#new
uninitialized constant Admin::AdminHelper
not sure…

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Getting tripped up by verify_partial_doubles with rails 4 and rspec 3
I'm using authlogic for my user authentication and in my ApplicationController I have "current_user", "current_user_session", etc. defined and set as helper_methods.
I have an extremely simple view spec for my main index:
RSpec.describe…

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