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Some thoughts on how to disable 'Preferences' link when irrelevant

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Lunar 2009-06-05 13:22:03 +02:00
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>>> is not controlled by any plugin. It would be nice if it were; I am >>> is not controlled by any plugin. It would be nice if it were; I am
>>> trying to achieve a configuration where the only action supported >>> trying to achieve a configuration where the only action supported
>>> via CGI is blog-style comments. --[Zack](http://zwol.livejournal.com/) >>> via CGI is blog-style comments. --[Zack](http://zwol.livejournal.com/)
>>> Like [[puck]], I'd like to keep search available but I want to disable all
>>> login facitilities and thus disable the "Preferences" link.
>>>
>>> After digging a little bit in the source code, my first attempt was to make
>>> the "Preferences" link appear only if there is `sessioncgi` hooks
>>> registered. But this will not work as the [[plugins/inline]] plugin also
>>> defines it.
>>>
>>> Looking for `auth` hooks currently would not work as at least
>>> [[plugins/passwordauth]] does not register one.
>>>
>>> Adding a new `canlogin` hook looks like overkill to me. [[Joey]], how
>>> about making registration of the `auth` hook mandatory for all plugins
>>> making sense of the "Preferences" link? --[[Lunar]]