Ruby on rails user authentication using linux passwd file?

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Published on 2010-06-10T13:49:15Z Indexed on 2010/06/10 13:52 UTC
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Hi,

Is there an authentication plugin for rails which uses the host system's /etc/passwd file to provide user/password information? The goal is to provide user login to a rails app for the same users who already have local login accounts to the linux machine hosting the rails app.

Cheers.

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