Disabling Password on Login

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Disabling Password on Login

Post by jgkeeb » Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:44 pm

Is it possible to disable need for password at login? Thanks.

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Re: Disabling Password on Login

Post by juicymedia » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:01 am

Joomla does not support this type operation...

Although, you could create a custom authentication "plugin" that only authenticates the username - that's of course if you don't mind the security risks?

Examples of this process can be found in:
/plugins/authentication/example.php
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Re: Disabling Password on Login

Post by jgkeeb » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:06 pm

Thanks I appreciate the response. My novice-ness is coming out but can you post the full link of the example, so I can take a look. Thanks.


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