Ruby on Rails User Management Engine/Framework? (with web pages)

Question

There are quite a few post/recommendations re Rails authorization plugins. What I'm asking here however is whether there is a popular/good Ruby on Rails Engine (or framework) that includes the user interface pages as well (and controllers/models etc). So something one could integrate in (Engine) or use as a starting point that includes:

• sign up (e.g. user creates a login, then email is sent with activation link)
• authentication
• authorization
• User interface allowing user to:
  • change password
• Delegated Administration (Optional)
  • supports multiple/separate companies/groups using the same application
  • Admin User for Company/Group X, and allocate access to Person Y (create a new user)
  • UI to allow user to perform these functions

I threw in the last delegated administration as an optional extra. If there a good/populate product that doesn't have this I'd rather hear about it.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I think you can get most of the way there using clearance, but you'll need to implement authorization separately.

Clearance is a Rails engine that will give you

• sign_up
• Authorization
• Forgot your password
• Remember me
• Very easy to customize

Answer 2

I prefer using Authlogic(for authentication) and Lockdown(for roles) in combination. They are both in a stable state and work well!

Just have a look at the authlogic/lockdown tutorial at http://stonean.com/page/lockdown-with-authlogic.

The Authlogic example application available on github may show you some sample code for registration, changing password etc.