[Mediawiki-l] Using Mediawiki Authentication for an external system

[Domas Mituzas]

>
> I like the MW user table/authentication system -- and was wondering  
> if it
> would be possible to use it as with an external system?  I want to  
> build an

well, I don't really get the problem.
If you want, password hash function is trivial, you can access tables  
directly.
If you want, you can build your own web services (as a specialpage,  
if you want higher level, or build your own entry point).

Then just interface it all. What is the question? :)

Domas