How to use single login page for users in four models

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how to use single login page for users in four models

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ram kris wrote in post #1114502:

how to use single login page for users in four models

You have not given enough detail in your question to know what you’re
asking.

Are you saying that you have four different types of users? If so then
why do you have four models instead of doing role based authorization
having only one user model?

If you really do have four different types of user then you might want
to consider Single-Table-Inheritance (STI). I seriously doubt you need
to go to this extreme though.

I can’t give you a definitive answer from such an abstract question.
There are many ways to solve a problem, but you haven’t even described
the problem you’re trying to solve.

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Robert W. wrote in post #1114535:

ram kris wrote in post #1114502:

how to use single login page for users in four models

You have not given enough detail in your question to know what you’re
asking.

Are you saying that you have four different types of users? If so then
why do you have four models instead of doing role based authorization
having only one user model?

If you really do have four different types of user then you might want
to consider Single-Table-Inheritance (STI). I seriously doubt you need
to go to this extreme though.

I can’t give you a definitive answer from such an abstract question.
There are many ways to solve a problem, but you haven’t even described
the problem you’re trying to solve.

@Robert W. plz clarify me

i have face the same problem.i have two models employee(having 6 input
fields),client(having 12 input fields),i need to authenticate them using
devise.what i have to do single sign in form for both if it is solution
let me know how is this,else by using two devises or any solution let me
know

thankyou @Robert W.

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Robert W. wrote in post #1114535:

ram kris wrote in post #1114502:

how to use single login page for users in four models

You have not given enough detail in your question to know what you’re
asking.

Are you saying that you have four different types of users? If so then
why do you have four models instead of doing role based authorization
having only one user model?

If you really do have four different types of user then you might want
to consider Single-Table-Inheritance (STI). I seriously doubt you need
to go to this extreme though.

I can’t give you a definitive answer from such an abstract question.
There are many ways to solve a problem, but you haven’t even described
the problem you’re trying to solve.

@Robert W. plz clarify me

i have face the same problem.i have two models employee(having 6 input
fields),client(having 12 input fields),i need to authenticate them using
devise.what i have to do single sign in form for both if it is solution
let me know how is this,else by using two devises or any solution let me
know

thankyou @Robert W.

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On Jul 9, 2013, at 9:17 AM, mack gille wrote:

@Robert W. plz clarify me

i have face the same problem.i have two models employee(having 6 input
fields),client(having 12 input fields),i need to authenticate them using
devise.what i have to do single sign in form for both if it is solution
let me know how is this,else by using two devises or any solution let me
know

thankyou @Robert W.

The simplest thing of all would be to have a single “User” model and a
has_one sidecar model for the Client’s extra fields. That way you can
have just one set of login / logout paths and not worry about the
logged-in person’s underlying class. Using CanCan to manage the
authorizations, you can allow an employee to see or do things that a
client cannot, and vice-versa. Storing the “what kind of user this is”
attribute in a column and switching permissions on that value is one of
the simplest things to do in a multi-role application using CanCan. I
recommend a quick read of the Wiki on that GitHub project.

Walter

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On Jul 9, 2013, at 6:14 AM, mack gille [email protected] wrote:

@Robert W. plz clarify me

i have face the same problem.i have two models employee(having 6 input
fields),client(having 12 input fields),i need to authenticate them using
devise.what i have to do single sign in form for both if it is solution
let me know how is this,else by using two devises or any solution let me
know

thankyou @Robert W.

This is probably me just being crazy, but why have so many devise
tables? You may indeed have different user types, but if they all need
to log in, then why not have a single User table that handles the
authentication that is common to all types? Do you really need different
methods of logging your various types of users in? You can either then
have different models for the 4 types, but they can all either inherit
from User (which is the single table inheritance thing) -or- they can be
separate models with their own relationships and such to the User table
you use for authentication.

If you really want to think about it, you don’t need to make this part
of you application at all, and use Devise as a completely separate Rails
Engine with it’s own models. All your application needs to deal with is
authenticated users, and none of the business of actually authenticating
them.

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On Jul 10, 2013, at 2:06 AM, mack gille wrote:

@ Walter D. thankyou
can you give me the sample code or any link.I did not get any resource
plz let me know.
Thank you

Here. Watch some movies.

Walter

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@ Walter D. thankyou
can you give me the sample code or any link.I did not get any resource
plz let me know.
Thank you