[dev] available api authentication routines?

[Michael Cochrane]

Quoting Eric Rostetter <eric.rostetter@physics.utexas.edu>:

> Two somewhat related questions:
> 
> 1) Is there any Horde or Horde component API call that will return a username
> *and* password for the current user?  (Say, can I query IMP or Gollem to get 
> the authentication username/password for the current session)  Yes, I do
> understand why allowing such a call would be dangerous...  But I still want
> to know if there is one (or are any plans for one) or not.
> 
> 2) Is there any Horde/component API call that will verify a username/password
> combination without actually creating a login session?  So if I have some
> username/password combination, can I test them to see if they are correct
> via some supported call?

Auth::authenticate()? 
http://dev.horde.org/ may be of some help....

> 
> These questions arise due to two common complaints in the modules I 
> maintain. (Why can't we see the current values without entering a password,
> and why can't you tell us before making a connection if the password is
> correct?)
> 
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> Eric Rostetter
> Eric.Rostetter@physics.utexas.edu
> The Department of Physics
> The University of Texas at Austin
> 
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