Authenticating Users against a different DB

[IainD]

Hi everyone,

I wonder if anyone can help me ?

I have an install of VBull on one of my servers, now, the users that I want to use this install of VBul have their usernames / passwords stored in a remote DB. I am writing an API to allow authentication against this DB.

I don't want my users to have to register again to use the forums, they are already in the system. I would like them to be able to use their existing u/p on my site to get access to the forum.

Can anyone advise the best way of doing this before I roll up my sleves and dive into the code?

Thanks!
IainD