3.104. UserDB

Sets parameters to define the behavior of Interchange's user database functions.

Parameter	Default	Explanation
acl	acl	Set field for simple access control storage
addr_field	address_book	Set field name for address book
assign_username	0	Tell interchange to automatically assign username
bill_field	accounts	Set field name for accounts
cart_field	carts	Set field name for cart storage
clear_coookie		Comma-separated list of cookies to clear on explicit logout
clear_session		Clear user session completely on logout
counter		Counter file for assign_username function
crypt	1	Encrypt (1) or not encrypt (0) passwords
database	userdb	Sets user database table
db_acl	db_acl	Set field for database access control storage
expire_field	expiration	Set field for expiration date
file_acl	file_acl	Set field for file access control storage
force_lower	0	Force possibly upper-case database fields to lower case session variable names
ignore_case	0	Ignore case in usernames/passwords
indirect_login		Log in field if different than real username
logfile	error.log	File to log authentications/errors
md5	0	Use MD5 for encryption algorithm instead of crypt
no_get	0	Don't get values from database on login
no_login	0	Log people in to accounts even if they are already logged in
outboard_key_col		Set field providing key for outboard tables
outboard		Set fields that live in another table
pass_field	password	Set field name for password
passminlen	2	Minimum length for password
pref_field	preferences	Set field name for preferences
scratch		Fields to set in user Scratch space (instead of Values)
sql_counter		SQL counter spec (sequence or AUTO_INCREMENT) for assign_username function
super_field	super	Field to determine superuser status if admin profile
time_field	time	Set field for storing last login time
unix_time	0	Set if unix (seconds since 1970) time to go in log files
userminlen	2	Minimum length for username
username_mask		Regular expression usernames must not match

These are set in a catalog.cfg file with something like:

UserDB default crypt 0 UserDB admin crypt 1 UserDB admin md5 1

where default or admin is the name of the profile to set. These can be overriden if passed in the tag:

   [userdb userminlen=6 new-account=1]