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This is a tutorial on how to use obAuth component: http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/130

Authenticate your users and secure your controller actions from users belonging to certain groups. Or simply secure your controller actions to let any authenticated user to access it.

How to use: http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/121
Some features:
1. User authentication
2. User groups supported
3. Protect action access with 1 line of code

I wrote this initially for Cake 1.1 - basing it on ideas from "obAuth" by Steve Oliveira, but upgraded it to 1.2 rather than using the built in Auth component, mostly because this works how I want it to and, once setup, is really easy to use.

Main Features:

- Per action / per controller / inline access control
- Optional Group support for HABTM and User BelongsTo Group associations
- A "super-user" functionality allowing one group automatic access granted
- Optional tamper-proof Cookie support
- Custom password hashing to suit your Model

An update to the original DarkAuth component (http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/darkauth-another-way), with increased efficiency and easier access control. It works exactly how I want to, so it might not be your first choice, but it's a solid alternative to the inbuilt AuthComponent.

Main Features:

- Per action / per controller / inline access control
- Group support for HABTM and BelongsTo Group associations, or disable groups control completely.
- A "super-user" functionality allowing one group automatic access granted
- Optional tamper-proof Cookie support
- Custom password hashing to suit your Model
- Passes User Info and Access Matrix to view
- Methods to access User Info / Access Matrix in Controller