function user_authenticate_finalize in Drupal 6

Finalize the login process. Must be called when logging in a user.

The function records a watchdog message about the new session, saves the login timestamp, calls hook_user op 'login' and generates a new session.

$param $edit This array is passed to hook_user op login.

3 calls to user_authenticate_finalize()

user_authenticate in modules/user/user.module

Try to log in the user locally.

user_external_login in modules/user/user.module

Perform standard Drupal login operations for a user object.

user_pass_reset in modules/user/user.pages.inc

Menu callback; process one time login link and redirects to the user page on success.

File

modules/user/user.module, line 1422

Enables the user registration and login system.

Code

function user_authenticate_finalize(&$edit) {
  global $user;
  watchdog('user', 'Session opened for %name.', array(
    '%name' => $user->name,
  ));

  // Update the user table timestamp noting user has logged in.
  // This is also used to invalidate one-time login links.
  $user->login = time();
  db_query("UPDATE {users} SET login = %d WHERE uid = %d", $user->login, $user->uid);

  // Regenerate the session ID to prevent against session fixation attacks.
  sess_regenerate();
  user_module_invoke('login', $edit, $user);
}