Login with another OpenID

[Terrell Russell]

Chris Messina wrote:
> This is a good case to point out and document. Ma.gnolia actually
> handles this pretty well by allowing you to "associate" more than one
> OpenID with your account. In the case that you describe, where someone
> already has an account with the RP, perhaps there should be some kind
> of meta link in the footer or header called "account management" where
> you're able to do account consolidation.
> 
> Blinksale and Ma.gnolia both have good flows for this as does the
> WordPress OpenID plugin; that is, if you're logged into an account,
> you can associate an additional OpenID to your account, thereby
> solving the problem described here.
> 

claimID also does this - and was the first to implement the multiple 
OpenIDs per account.

We provide a simple list - as well as inform the user which one is 
'active' (the one they used to log in).  Of course, the user cannot 
'delete' the active one, but has the opportunity to delete/manage any 
others in their list.

Simple, clear, and gives the user full control.

The only limitation we have on the multiple OpenIDs per account, is that 
a single OpenID cannot be listed in different accounts - so that if 
someone tries to 'add' an OpenID to their account, it simply fails.  It 
is only a one-to-many relationship.

Terrell
http://claimID.com