PHP Based Permission/Authentication System

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Lerris
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PHP Based Permission/Authentication System

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Can anyone recommend a drop-php in permission/authentication system that can be quickly added to a site for user authentication?

I have run into a few, but wanted to know from some of the more experienced developers here if there are any that are known to tbe the best? Would consider commercial products if they exist.
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There's a few I know of... phpGACL, and then there's Pear's LiveUser. These are the only ones I know of... whichever you end up using, please let us know because I've been looking for one I like for quite a while as well.
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Authentication and authorization systems can be extremely simplified and easy to write. Unless your gearing towards complexity (user permission, groups, etc) I would recommend writting your own. Anything else will likely be overkill.

However, if you are gearing towards complex authorization and authentication, I would recommend what was previously mentioned.
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Jcart wrote:Unless your gearing towards complexity (user permission, groups, etc)...
even they are not much worry, a 100 odd lines of code max.
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Interesting, I guess it\'s time to refresh my knowledge of these applications :?
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