usermanager: Have methods not implemented in the active provider fall back to the null provider (later we can add support for chains of providers)
--- a/core/usermanager.lua Tue Jan 04 17:10:56 2011 +0000
+++ b/core/usermanager.lua Tue Jan 04 17:11:37 2011 +0000
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
});
end
+local provider_mt = { __index = new_null_provider() };
+
function initialize_host(host)
local host_session = hosts[host];
if host_session.type ~= "local" then return; end
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@
local auth_provider = config.get(host, "core", "authentication") or default_provider;
if config.get(host, "core", "anonymous_login") then auth_provider = "anonymous"; end -- COMPAT 0.7
if provider.name == auth_provider then
- host_session.users = provider;
+ host_session.users = setmetatable(provider, provider_mt);
end
if host_session.users ~= nil and host_session.users.name ~= nil then
log("debug", "host '%s' now set to use user provider '%s'", host, host_session.users.name);