2 different script 1 login?

[RockLinks]

Hi Guys,

Im starting a new site and want to install 2 different scripts. One will be pligg and one will be a web calendar. I was wondering if it's possible to link them up somehow so that the username and password are the same for both scripts. Is this actually possible to do?

Thanks

Craig

[KM-Tiger]

Don't know either of those intimately, but it's going to depend on which authentication methods are available to both.

So if both can use LDAP, for instance, then you probably can get single sign-on.

[googol]

If they're using database authentication, then it might be possible to modify the coding so they both use the same database for user authentication, but it does involve some understanding of how each script works to ensure it all ties together correctly and each script has access to the data it needs.

So it can be done, but it can be pretty fiddly, and in some setups might not be worth the effort.

[Peter Bowen]

What we've done for a similar solution is to have the members details stored in a crm package (sugarcrm) and use this as the basis for authentication for several different scripts.

It takes a bit of fiddling but makes the user experience much more seamless.

Give me a shout if you need a hand with this.