function user_login_authenticate_validate
A validate handler on the login form. Check supplied username/password against local users table. If successful, $form_state['uid'] is set to the matching user ID.
1 string reference to 'user_login_authenticate_validate'
- user_login_default_validators in modules/
user/ user.module - Set up a series for validators which check for blocked users, then authenticate against local database, then return an error if authentication fails. Distributed authentication modules are welcome to use hook_form_alter() to change this series in…
File
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modules/
user/ user.module, line 2178
Code
function user_login_authenticate_validate($form, &$form_state) {
$password = trim($form_state['values']['pass']);
if (!empty($form_state['values']['name']) && strlen(trim($password)) > 0) {
// Do not allow any login from the current user's IP if the limit has been
// reached. Default is 50 failed attempts allowed in one hour. This is
// independent of the per-user limit to catch attempts from one IP to log
// in to many different user accounts. We have a reasonably high limit
// since there may be only one apparent IP for all users at an institution.
if (!flood_is_allowed('failed_login_attempt_ip', variable_get('user_failed_login_ip_limit', 50), variable_get('user_failed_login_ip_window', 3600))) {
$form_state['flood_control_triggered'] = 'ip';
return;
}
$account = db_query("SELECT * FROM {users} WHERE name = :name AND status = 1", array(
':name' => $form_state['values']['name'],
))->fetchObject();
if ($account) {
if (variable_get('user_failed_login_identifier_uid_only', FALSE)) {
// Register flood events based on the uid only, so they apply for any
// IP address. This is the most secure option.
$identifier = $account->uid;
}
else {
// The default identifier is a combination of uid and IP address. This
// is less secure but more resistant to denial-of-service attacks that
// could lock out all users with public user names.
$identifier = $account->uid . '-' . ip_address();
}
$form_state['flood_control_user_identifier'] = $identifier;
// Don't allow login if the limit for this user has been reached.
// Default is to allow 5 failed attempts every 6 hours.
if (!flood_is_allowed('failed_login_attempt_user', variable_get('user_failed_login_user_limit', 5), variable_get('user_failed_login_user_window', 21600), $identifier)) {
$form_state['flood_control_triggered'] = 'user';
return;
}
}
// We are not limited by flood control, so try to authenticate.
// Set $form_state['uid'] as a flag for user_login_final_validate().
$form_state['uid'] = user_authenticate($form_state['values']['name'], $password);
}
}
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