Single sign on for Joomla admin and frontend

Question

Is it possible to implement single signon for Joomla 1.5 backend and frontend. I find it kind of redundant that when the admin for instance is logged in at the backend and needs

Answer 1

Joomla! is implemented as two separate applications the front-end initiated from /index.php and the back-end administration from /administrator/index.php as such they have separate user sessions and states.

The separation is a standard security approach, while you could write your own mod_login to do this I wouldn't advise it unless you're very clear on what you're doing.

Having said that, there are 255 Joomla! extensions in the Access & Security ——> Site Access section dealing with logins. Have you tried looking there?