# Issues with rails\_authentication --include-activation **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 9, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-with-rails-authentication-include-activation/178656 "2009-11-09T02:56:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salamander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@salamander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/salamander)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-with-rails-authentication-include-activation/178656/1 "2009-11-09T02:56:08Z")
Hello, So I installed the restful\_authenticaiton plugin on an empty rails 2.3.4 project. $ script/plugin install restful\_authentication Generated files using “Students” as my model (instead of the often- used “Users”). Note that I’ve added the --include-activation flag. $ ./script/generate authenticated students sessions --include- activation And after editing my environment.rb with the line: config.active\_record.observers = :student\_observer # or whatever you I get the following output when trying to run script/server $ ./script/server =\> Booting WEBrick =\> Rails 2.3.4 application starting on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000) /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ activesupport-2.3.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:443:in load\_missing\_constant’: uninitialized constant StudentObserver (NameError) from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:80:in `const_missing' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:92:in `const\_missing’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active\_support/inflector.rb:361:in `constantize' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active_support/inflector.rb:360:in `each’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active\_support/inflector.rb:360:in `constantize' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb:162:in `constantize’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/active\_record/ observer.rb:38:in `instantiate_observers' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/active_record/ observer.rb:36:in `each’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/active\_record/ observer.rb:36:in `instantiate_observers' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.4/lib/ action_controller/dispatcher.rb:15:in `define\_dispatcher\_callbacks’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active\_support/callbacks.rb:182:in `call' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active_support/callbacks.rb:182:in `evaluate\_method’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active\_support/callbacks.rb:166:in `call' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active_support/callbacks.rb:90:in `run’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active\_support/callbacks.rb:90:in `each' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active_support/callbacks.rb:90:in `send’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active\_support/callbacks.rb:90:in `run' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active_support/callbacks.rb:276:in `run\_callbacks’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.4/lib/ action\_controller/dispatcher.rb:51:in `send' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.4/lib/ action_controller/dispatcher.rb:51:in `run\_prepare\_callbacks’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/lib/initializer.rb:631:in `prepare_dispatcher' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/lib/initializer.rb:185:in `process’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/lib/initializer.rb:113:in `send' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/lib/initializer.rb:113:in `run’ from /Users/aarz/Sites/50forthefuture/branches/heroku3/config/ environment.rb:9 from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new\_constants\_in’ from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.4/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' from /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/lib/commands/server.rb:84 from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem\_original\_require’ from /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in `require’ from ./script/server:3 What step might I have missed to get this error? ---
**Author:** ![salamander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@salamander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/salamander)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-with-rails-authentication-include-activation/178656/2 "2009-11-09T06:18:45Z")
salamander wrote: > Hello, > > So I installed the restful\_authenticaiton plugin on an empty rails > 2.3.4 project. > > $ script/plugin install restful\_authentication […] This doesn’t directly address your problem, but I’d suggest that you forget about restful\_authentication and use Authlogic instead. It won’t fill your model files with framework-generated crap, and it’s a lot nicer to work with. ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![salamander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@salamander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/salamander)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issues-with-rails-authentication-include-activation/178656/3 "2009-11-11T19:49:46Z")
If you specify :student\_observer your “script/generate” should be: script/generate authenticated student sessions --include-activation NOTE: student not students