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the component part of othAuth

changes:
0.5.4.5:
- Fixed a bug that was introduced by lately, missing /
- Fixed a bug ( not really bug but oh well ) preventing othAuth from recovering a session from the cookie data in some situations
0.5.4:
- Fixed a bug in loginAttempts reported by PatDaMilla
- Added support for parameters sent via url in a traditional way, mainly for redirects, thanks to Ritesh.
- Probably some other minor bugs

0.5.3:
- Added compatibility with 1.2 redirections
0.5.2:
- Fixed a bug in getData
- Fixed a bug related to the '/' route
- Added lazy model loading support
- Hmm..maybe something else..eh
0.5.1:
added a minor modification to _passAuthData

the long awaited documentation of othAuth, this article covers the new version of othAuth 0.5

Helper part of othAuth
changes:
0.1.2:
- Fixed another bug in getData ( wasn't calling init())
- Added support for 1.2
- Added a function hasPermission by Brett ODonnell aka cornernote

0.1.1:
- Fixed a bug in getData
- uses the session helper now

There has been a lot of questions about user authentication lately so I thought it was appropriate to create a tutorial that covered the very basics

In this tutorial we'll cover all aspects of MVC in an authentication role, logging a user in, maintaining a session, and restricting unauthorized access to controller actions.

Though this article is based on CakePHP 1.2.x, the same concepts apply in 1.1.x and most of the code can be reused.

Having a hard time with the ACL? This is probably one of the most simple group based access solutions out there. No ACL tables, no tree structure. It will allow you to setup access on a group level, so if you're looking for user based differentiation this is not for you.