# Authlogic and Sessions **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 22, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-and-sessions/182057 "2010-01-22T05:02:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-and-sessions/182057/1 "2010-01-22T05:02:17Z")
trying out Authlogic for the first time (joined the mail list but apparently the first message is moderated and it’s been hours)… created db sessions but when I log in, no entry is added to sessions db Maybe it’s because my ‘user’ model is named ‘member’ and thus I substituted /user/member/ and /User/Member/ but I wouldn’t think so. I can login and save passwords but cannot get value from ‘current\_member’ or any session variables either. Should I be creating a member\_sessions table in the db or does the standard Rails sessions table handle this function? I ask because it is empty. Craig – This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ---
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-and-sessions/182057/2 "2010-01-22T06:00:49Z")
No, you do not need to create a model named member. User is sufficient. But you have create user\_session model a user\_sessions controller. Try doing exactly as said in this- > **[GitHub - binarylogic/authlogic\_example: An example rails app using the...](https://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic_example/)** > > An example rails app using the Authlogic authentication library - GitHub - binarylogic/authlogic\_example: An example rails app using the Authlogic authentication library Let us know if you are facing problems still. On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Craig W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > believed to be clean. – Satyajit ---
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-and-sessions/182057/3 "2010-01-22T07:01:07Z")
I found ryanb’s railscast video helpful too: > **[\#160 Authlogic - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com/episodes/160-authlogic)** > > Short Ruby on Rails screencasts containing tips, tricks and tutorials. Great for both novice and experienced web developers. ---
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-and-sessions/182057/4 "2010-01-22T11:11:01Z")
Hello. Try adding this line to config/environment.rb in config block: config.action\_controller.session\_store = :active\_record\_store ---
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-and-sessions/182057/5 "2010-01-22T13:46:08Z")
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 23:51 -0800, Ugis Ozols wrote: > Hello. > > Try adding this line to config/environment.rb in config block: > > config.action\_controller.session\_store = :active\_record\_store * * * yes, this was needed. I think I expected that this was going to be added automatically when I ran ‘rake db:sessions:create’ command but now at least it is adding sessions to the sessions table. Craig – This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ---
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-and-sessions/182057/6 "2010-01-22T17:37:59Z")
On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 05:44 -0700, Craig W. wrote: > On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 23:51 -0800, Ugis Ozols wrote: > > > Hello. > > > > Try adding this line to config/environment.rb in config block: > > > > config.action\_controller.session\_store = :active\_record\_store > > * * * > > yes, this was needed. I think I expected that this was going to be added > automatically when I ran ‘rake db:sessions:create’ command but now at > least it is adding sessions to the sessions table. * * * my questions are still not coming out on the authlogic list… Each link I touch on my web site creates an identical session record in sessions table… (identical session\_id and data columns) and if I don’t disable ‘protect\_from\_forgery’, I get InvalidAuthenticityToken error upon login. Perhaps this is caused by my using ‘Member’ instead of ‘User’ and ‘MemberSessions’ instead of ‘UserSessions’ throughout but I wouldn’t think so. Something in my sessions is not working correctly also, FTR… I found ‘config.action\_controller.session\_store = :active\_record\_store’ commented out in config/initializers/session\_store.rb and uncommented that one and commented out the added entry in config/environment.rb. Craig – This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ---
**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-and-sessions/182057/7 "2010-01-23T17:49:56Z")
On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 09:36 -0700, Craig W. wrote: > > least it is adding sessions to the sessions table. > > ‘MemberSessions’ instead of ‘UserSessions’ throughout but I wouldn’t > > think so. > > Something in my sessions is not working correctly > > also, FTR… I found ‘config.action\_controller.session\_store > = :active\_record\_store’ commented out in > config/initializers/session\_store.rb and uncommented that one and > commented out the added entry in config/environment.rb. * * * FTR Had to close all instances of the browser and reload… that was simple enough but a lot of time wasted figuring it out. Leaving the footsteps in case anyone else has this issue. Craig – This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.