RE: [PEAR-DEV] New Package Proposal: Enterprise A&A

If I understood correctly your concept of provider is indeed what liveuser calls container. Meaning you can use those provided with the package or write your own. I don't understand the "single credential set" thing. Could you explain me ? Arnaud. > I'll have to synch up with the Live User semantics at some > point. The > Enterprise A&A system is pretty flexible. There is the concept of a > provider (i.e. any backend used for A&A such as SQL DB's or > LDAP) and they > can be added on the fly. Apps have a choice of using an > existing provider > or implementing their own...it's up to them. However, the > power of the > system is leveraging single credential sets (i.e. use of as > few providers > as possible). > > I'm not sure how 'container' is meant in Live User. Does my > A&A provider > = Live User Container? > > --Tony