Hi there,
I just ran the generator for Restful Authentication, and when I visit localhost:3000/users/new, I get the error: uninitialized constant User::Authentication
The error comes from these lines in my user.rb model:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base include Authentication include Authentication::ByPassword include Authentication::ByCookieToken
Did I miss something in the installation process? This is my first time
using a generator, so I'm probably just doing something dumb 
I am getting the same error but only on my production server. Locally I am fine.
Is there some gem I may be missing that this requires? I am receiving the error on line 4 of the User model
http://rails_security.lighthouseapp.com/projects/15332/tickets/2-not-a-valid-constant-name-errors#ticket-2-1
...rename vendor/plugins/authentication-plugin to something without a hyphen character (like ‘authentication’ or ‘restful_authentication’).
Hopefully the maintainers will consider renaming this plugin.
yaphi wrote:
I have already done this on my local machine. I am talking specifically getting this error on my production server. Locally everything works dandy! Same rails versions and everything.
Also, it only happens when I hit /signup not /login on my production machine
I had the same problem, but restarting script/server fixed it.
I had this problem and after much work discovered that the session on my browser was confusing the server somehow. My deleting the cookie I was able to access all the pages correctly without errors.
Boys, Almost all the time this problem arises because , scope of the Authentication module falls under different context , Its always better to use fully qualified module names,
class User < ActiveRecord::Base include ::Authentication include ::Authentication::ByPassword include ::Authentication::ByCookieToken include ::Authorization::AasmRoles
This has to work all the time....
-Abhishek ( github.com/parolkar )
PS: I faced it while trying Typus,
Typus::Authentication::ByPassword
NameError: uninitialized constant Typus::Authentication::ByPassword
abhishek.parolkar wrote:
Boys, Almost all the time this problem arises because , scope of the Authentication module falls under different context , Its always better to use fully qualified module names,
class User < ActiveRecord::Base include ::Authentication include ::Authentication::ByPassword include ::Authentication::ByCookieToken include ::Authorization::AasmRoles
This has to work all the time....
-Abhishek ( github.com/parolkar )
PS: I faced it while trying Typus,
Typus::Authentication::ByPassword
NameError: uninitialized constant Typus::Authentication::ByPassword
It didn't work for me.
I had to comment out "config.active_record.observers = :user_observer".
It may not be the perfect solution, but it saved the day. However, I
don't know what tomorrow brings 
Ozgun Koyun wrote:
It didn't work for me.
I had to comment out "config.active_record.observers = :user_observer". It may not be the perfect solution, but it saved the day. However, I don't know what tomorrow brings
On the other hand, you should also check if "vendor/plugins/restful_authentication" is checked into your repository :), and it is deployed to the server successfully.
Dave Amos wrote:
Hi there,
I just ran the generator for Restful Authentication, and when I visit localhost:3000/users/new, I get the error: uninitialized constant User::Authentication
Since you just put restful_auth into your project, do yourself a favor and take it right back out again. It's garbage. It relies on unmaintainable generated code. It's easy to set up, but a nightmare to do anything with. I speak from experience.
Use something reasonable like Authlogic instead.
Best,
Dave Amos wrote:
Hi there,
I just ran the generator for Restful Authentication, and when I visit localhost:3000/users/new, I get the error: uninitialized constant User::Authentication
The error comes from these lines in my user.rb model:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base include Authentication include Authentication::ByPassword include Authentication::ByCookieToken
Did I miss something in the installation process? This is my first time using a generator, so I'm probably just doing something dumb
I just had the same problem today, after I cloned a skeleton app i was working on so that I could expand it as a different app, git clone failed to copy anything form restful_authentication folder! weird!
Dave Amos wrote:
I still haven't figured this out yet. Am I missing a file somewhere?
I had to move my restful_authenication to the vendor/plugins and that fixed the error message and now everything works.
Reth11
Daniel X Moore wrote:
I had the same problem, but restarting script/server fixed it.
This help!
Daniel X Moore wrote:
I had the same problem, but restarting script/server fixed it.
same to me