Hi

Using Authlogic, what is the best way to create a record in rails on other users' behalf?

Description: I have a c++ server which handles Tcp connections from many c++ clients, and I want the c++ server to create a new record in the rails database using its REST api. However, the c++ server needs to be authenticated before creating that record. What I want is to attach the original user ID (from the c++ client) to the record (but not the servers) so I know from which user the record came from.

One way is for the c++ client to send its persistence token over to the c++ server which sends that token as a parameter to the create action, does that make sense? or are there maybe some better ways to do this?

I have a rails app which uses authlogic for authentication.

I also have another c++ client which is logs in and provides

I have a c++ server which uses