Hey, i need some help with rails, again! Last it was about Authlogic.. Well I'm gone a bit backward since.. I mean, Authlogic isn't a Authentcate system i like.. So now i wan't you guys to tell me what you think is the best!
I going to use it to a project of mine. Where there has to be a few roles like Admin, User and Guest.. So might you guys can tell me what is good and what is bad..?
I used Devise and it worked quite well, however it did not met my needs... What you might need however looks like something super simple, something like this: http://railscasts.com/episodes/21-super-simple-authentication
You need to split authentication from authorization.
Authentication covers the login/logout process authorization is directly linked to permission to see/use resources.
Authlogic is a very good authentication gem.
For authorization you can check CanCan from Ryan Bates
Which is very simple to integrate with authlogic (just a single file in the models folder called ability.rb in which you configure all the app authorizations).
EDIT: You can also go with a simpler solution but you will loose in flexibility
I use Authlogic for authentication and DocSavage's Rails Authorisation plug-in for authorisation needs. Its a simple yet powerful plug-in.
Rails authorisation plug-in: http://github.com/DocSavage/rails-authorization-plugin
In all honesty you can writ your own authorization with a few before_filters. AuthLogic or any decent Auth plugin will work fine with this.