Class: User

Inherits:

ActiveRecord::Base

• Object
• ActiveRecord::Base
• User

Defined in:

app/models/user.rb

Instance Attribute Summary

• #password ⇒ Object

  Virtual attribute for the unencrypted password.

Class Method Summary

• .authenticate(login, password) ⇒ Object

  Authenticates a user by their login name and unencrypted password.

• .encrypt(password, salt) ⇒ Object

  Encrypts some data with the salt.

Instance Method Summary

• #authenticated?(password) ⇒ Boolean
• #encrypt(password) ⇒ Object

  Encrypts the password with the user salt.

Instance Attribute Details

#password ⇒ Object

Virtual attribute for the unencrypted password

# File 'app/models/user.rb', line 4

def password
  @password
end

Class Method Details

.authenticate(login, password) ⇒ Object

Authenticates a user by their login name and unencrypted password. Returns the user or nil.

# File 'app/models/user.rb', line 21

def self.authenticate(login, password)
  u = find_by_login(login) # need to get the salt
  u && u.authenticated?(password) ? u : nil
end

.encrypt(password, salt) ⇒ Object

Encrypts some data with the salt.

# File 'app/models/user.rb', line 27

def self.encrypt(password, salt)
  Digest::SHA1.hexdigest("--#{salt}--#{password}--")
end

Instance Method Details

#authenticated?(password) ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

• (Boolean)

# File 'app/models/user.rb', line 36

def authenticated?(password)
  crypted_password == encrypt(password)
end

#encrypt(password) ⇒ Object

Encrypts the password with the user salt

# File 'app/models/user.rb', line 32

def encrypt(password)
  self.class.encrypt(password, salt)
end