# Login plugin

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-plugin/80090>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 29, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-plugin/80090 "2005-12-29T03:50:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thila)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-plugin/80090/1 "2005-12-29T03:50:36Z")

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All-  
I am new to Ruby; following are my two questions:

1. Which is the best login plugin? I keep hearing about SALT and  
loginengine.

2. For installing loginengine; I see the two following steps - Both  
these does not work for me. :

Any help will be appreciated. I am on Windows XP with Ruby and Rails  
succssfully installed.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thila)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 7:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-plugin/80090/2 "2005-12-29T07:42:05Z")

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thila thila wrote:

> ```
> $ script/plugin install login_engine
> ==I am getting "script/plugin is not a internal or external 
> 
> ```
> 
> command, operable program or batch file"

on a windows machine you need to enter the command as:

“ruby script/plugin install login\_engine”

Although I think you need to install the ‘engines’ plugin first.

You can also do something like

“ruby script/plugin install  
[https://opensvn.csie.org/rails\_engines/plugins/login\_engine](https://opensvn.csie.org/rails_engines/plugins/login_engine)”

If the plugin installer fails to locate the plugin.

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**Author:** ![thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@thila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thila)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 10:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-plugin/80090/3 "2005-12-29T10:52:36Z")

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thila thila wrote:

> ```
> ==I am getting "script/plugin is not a internal or external 
> 
> ```

Salted Login Generator and Login\_Engine are the same. Login\_Engine is  
Salted Login Generator converted to engine.

to use various script/\* commands you must prefix them with “ruby”, e.g.

ruby script\plugin install  
[https://opensvn.csie.org/rails\_engines/plugins/login\_engine](https://opensvn.csie.org/rails_engines/plugins/login_engine)

Hope that helps.