[dev] available api authentication routines?

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

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

> 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.

Looks like you found it, but, for the archives: Auth::getAuth() and 
Auth::getCredential('password').

> 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() will set the session variables. We currently don't 
have a call that only checks auth; if it's needed, I'd be happy to add one 
to the API.

Btw, in response to your documentation questions, the API docs there are a 
possible place for them; we also could use some presentation/tutorial style 
docs dealing with our APIs as well. It's a matter of someone having the 
motivation to write them.

-chuck

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