How do I handle authentication with Devise when using multiple models in Rails 3.2 App

Question

I\'m working on a Rails 3.2 app where I use Devise for authentication. I decided to try single table inheritance for managing user roles, but I quickly ran into a problem. I cur

Answer 1

Not sure if this is still needed a solution to this...

A more elegant way to have the double authentications could be to do the following:

private

def authenticate!
   :authenticate_admin! || :authenticate_collaborator!
   @current_user = admin_signed_in? ? current_admin : current_collaborator
end

Then call before_filter :authenticate!

If you dont need a universal '@current_user' variable just leave out the second line.

Hope this helps.