Some general sentences

mfoss — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:22:32 +0000

> how do I "login" a user into his account... what needs to be done to simply have a client login to an existing ejabberd account

To login a XMPP client in a XMPP server, follow the XMPP protocol: 3. Session Establishment

> Using the internal_auth method,

ejabberd allows the administrator to store the account passwords in different places: internal DB, PAM service, LDAP server, ODBC DB...

XMPP clients don't care what storage method did the admin configure in the XMPP server.

> integrate my module into ejabberd gracefully not hacked.

If you implement a client following XMPP protocol, you don't need to modify ejabberd code.

ejabberd - Comments for "Session - Authorization - New Session - Internal Auth - SASL Auth"