Using another table to store user info (passwords)

[linuxguy]

Originally Posted by Reeve of shinra

Common problem... but you hit the nail on the head in its difficulty.

While I haven't had a need to do this myself, the two common suggested solutions are:

a) hack either the forums or your sites log in script to update both sets of tables when changes are made

b) hack your site to use the vbulletin user table instead.

That is unfortunate. Basically ALL systems that use authentication use plugable authentication methods these days. Linux PAM for example allows you to write an auth module that queries from /etc/passwd or from a database or over NIS or anything. VB should be the same way.

Oh well, it looks like it will be easier to modify my existing app to use VB's table than the other way around. Users really do expect seemless integration. Users are annoyed with having so many passwords and usernames to remember, and having TWO sign-ons on the same website is not acceptable these days.

VB should refactor its code to get rid of this problem.