identd: Remove unneeded strict attribute
[quassel.git] / src / core / core.cpp
index 46c2893..d596344 100644 (file)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /***************************************************************************
- *   Copyright (C) 2005-2012 by the Quassel Project                        *
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005-2018 by the Quassel Project                        *
  *   devel@quassel-irc.org                                                 *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 
 #include "core.h"
+#include "coreauthhandler.h"
 #include "coresession.h"
 #include "coresettings.h"
+#include "logger.h"
+#include "internalpeer.h"
+#include "network.h"
 #include "postgresqlstorage.h"
 #include "quassel.h"
-#include "signalproxy.h"
+#include "sqlauthenticator.h"
 #include "sqlitestorage.h"
-#include "network.h"
-#include "logger.h"
-
 #include "util.h"
 
+// Currently building with LDAP bindings is optional.
+#ifdef HAVE_LDAP
+#include "ldapauthenticator.h"
+#endif
+
 // migration related
 #include <QFile>
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN32
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
 #  include <windows.h>
 #else
 #  include <unistd.h>
 #  include <termios.h>
-#endif /* Q_OS_WIN32 */
-
-#ifdef HAVE_UMASK
-#  include <sys/types.h>
-#  include <sys/stat.h>
-#endif /* HAVE_UMASK */
+#endif /* Q_OS_WIN */
 
 // ==============================
 //  Custom Events
@@ -54,8 +57,8 @@ const int Core::AddClientEventId = QEvent::registerEventType();
 class AddClientEvent : public QEvent
 {
 public:
-    AddClientEvent(QTcpSocket *socket, UserId uid) : QEvent(QEvent::Type(Core::AddClientEventId)), socket(socket), userId(uid) {}
-    QTcpSocket *socket;
+    AddClientEvent(RemotePeer *p, UserId uid) : QEvent(QEvent::Type(Core::AddClientEventId)), peer(p), userId(uid) {}
+    RemotePeer *peer;
     UserId userId;
 };
 
@@ -63,335 +66,382 @@ public:
 // ==============================
 //  Core
 // ==============================
-Core *Core::instanceptr = 0;
+Core *Core::_instance{nullptr};
 
 Core *Core::instance()
 {
-    if (instanceptr) return instanceptr;
-    instanceptr = new Core();
-    instanceptr->init();
-    return instanceptr;
+    return _instance;
 }
 
 
-void Core::destroy()
+Core::Core()
 {
-    delete instanceptr;
-    instanceptr = 0;
+    if (_instance) {
+        qWarning() << "Recreating core instance!";
+        delete _instance;
+    }
+    _instance = this;
+
+    // Parent all QObject-derived attributes, so when the Core instance gets moved into another
+    // thread, they get moved with it
+    _server.setParent(this);
+    _v6server.setParent(this);
+    _storageSyncTimer.setParent(this);
 }
 
 
-Core::Core()
-    : _storage(0)
+Core::~Core()
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_UMASK
-    umask(S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
-#endif
-    _startTime = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toUTC(); // for uptime :)
+    saveState();
+    qDeleteAll(_connectingClients);
+    qDeleteAll(_sessions);
+    syncStorage();
+    _instance = nullptr;
+}
 
-    Quassel::loadTranslation(QLocale::system());
 
-    // FIXME: MIGRATION 0.3 -> 0.4: Move database and core config to new location
-    // Move settings, note this does not delete the old files
-#ifdef Q_WS_MAC
-    QSettings newSettings("quassel-irc.org", "quasselcore");
-#else
-
-# ifdef Q_WS_WIN
-    QSettings::Format format = QSettings::IniFormat;
-# else
-    QSettings::Format format = QSettings::NativeFormat;
-# endif
-    QString newFilePath = Quassel::configDirPath() + "quasselcore"
-                          + ((format == QSettings::NativeFormat) ? QLatin1String(".conf") : QLatin1String(".ini"));
-    QSettings newSettings(newFilePath, format);
-#endif /* Q_WS_MAC */
-
-    if (newSettings.value("Config/Version").toUInt() == 0) {
-#   ifdef Q_WS_MAC
-        QString org = "quassel-irc.org";
-#   else
-        QString org = "Quassel Project";
-#   endif
-        QSettings oldSettings(org, "Quassel Core");
-        if (oldSettings.allKeys().count()) {
-            qWarning() << "\n\n*** IMPORTANT: Config and data file locations have changed. Attempting to auto-migrate your core settings...";
-            foreach(QString key, oldSettings.allKeys())
-            newSettings.setValue(key, oldSettings.value(key));
-            newSettings.setValue("Config/Version", 1);
-            qWarning() << "*   Your core settings have been migrated to" << newSettings.fileName();
-
-#ifndef Q_WS_MAC /* we don't need to move the db and cert for mac */
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN32
-            QString quasselDir = qgetenv("APPDATA") + "/quassel/";
-#elif defined Q_WS_MAC
-            QString quasselDir = QDir::homePath() + "/Library/Application Support/Quassel/";
-#else
-            QString quasselDir = QDir::homePath() + "/.quassel/";
-#endif
+bool Core::init()
+{
+    _startTime = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toUTC(); // for uptime :)
 
-            QFileInfo info(Quassel::configDirPath() + "quassel-storage.sqlite");
-            if (!info.exists()) {
-                // move database, if we found it
-                QFile oldDb(quasselDir + "quassel-storage.sqlite");
-                if (oldDb.exists()) {
-                    bool success = oldDb.rename(Quassel::configDirPath() + "quassel-storage.sqlite");
-                    if (success)
-                        qWarning() << "*   Your database has been moved to" << Quassel::configDirPath() + "quassel-storage.sqlite";
-                    else
-                        qWarning() << "!!! Moving your database has failed. Please move it manually into" << Quassel::configDirPath();
-                }
-            }
-            // move certificate
-            QFileInfo certInfo(quasselDir + "quasselCert.pem");
-            if (certInfo.exists()) {
-                QFile cert(quasselDir + "quasselCert.pem");
-                bool success = cert.rename(Quassel::configDirPath() + "quasselCert.pem");
-                if (success)
-                    qWarning() << "*   Your certificate has been moved to" << Quassel::configDirPath() + "quasselCert.pem";
-                else
-                    qWarning() << "!!! Moving your certificate has failed. Please move it manually into" << Quassel::configDirPath();
-            }
-#endif /* !Q_WS_MAC */
-            qWarning() << "*** Migration completed.\n\n";
-        }
+    if (Quassel::runMode() == Quassel::RunMode::CoreOnly) {
+        Quassel::loadTranslation(QLocale::system());
     }
-    // MIGRATION end
 
     // check settings version
     // so far, we only have 1
     CoreSettings s;
     if (s.version() != 1) {
         qCritical() << "Invalid core settings version, terminating!";
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        QCoreApplication::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        return false;
     }
 
+    // Set up storage and authentication backends
     registerStorageBackends();
+    registerAuthenticators();
 
-    connect(&_storageSyncTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(syncStorage()));
-    _storageSyncTimer.start(10 * 60 * 1000); // 10 minutes
-}
+    QProcessEnvironment environment = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment();
+    bool config_from_environment = Quassel::isOptionSet("config-from-environment");
 
+    QString db_backend;
+    QVariantMap db_connectionProperties;
 
-void Core::init()
-{
-    CoreSettings cs;
-    _configured = initStorage(cs.storageSettings().toMap());
+    QString auth_authenticator;
+    QVariantMap auth_properties;
+
+    bool writeError = false;
+
+    if (config_from_environment) {
+        db_backend = environment.value("DB_BACKEND");
+        auth_authenticator = environment.value("AUTH_AUTHENTICATOR");
+    } else {
+        CoreSettings cs;
+
+        QVariantMap dbsettings = cs.storageSettings().toMap();
+        db_backend = dbsettings.value("Backend").toString();
+        db_connectionProperties = dbsettings.value("ConnectionProperties").toMap();
 
-    if (Quassel::isOptionSet("select-backend")) {
-        selectBackend(Quassel::optionValue("select-backend"));
-        exit(0);
+        QVariantMap authSettings = cs.authSettings().toMap();
+        auth_authenticator = authSettings.value("Authenticator", "Database").toString();
+        auth_properties = authSettings.value("AuthProperties").toMap();
+
+        writeError = !cs.isWritable();
     }
 
-    if (!_configured) {
-        if (!_storageBackends.count()) {
-            qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Could not initialize any storage backend! Exiting..."));
-            qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Currently, Quassel supports SQLite3 and PostgreSQL. You need to build your\n"
-                                        "Qt library with the sqlite or postgres plugin enabled in order for quasselcore\n"
-                                        "to work."));
-            exit(1); // TODO make this less brutal (especially for mono client -> popup)
+    // legacy
+    _configured = initStorage(db_backend, db_connectionProperties, environment, config_from_environment);
+
+    // Not entirely sure what is 'legacy' about the above, but it seems to be the way things work!
+    if (_configured) {
+        initAuthenticator(auth_authenticator, auth_properties, environment, config_from_environment);
+    }
+
+    if (Quassel::isOptionSet("select-backend") || Quassel::isOptionSet("select-authenticator")) {
+        bool success{true};
+        if (Quassel::isOptionSet("select-backend")) {
+            success &= selectBackend(Quassel::optionValue("select-backend"));
+        }
+        if (Quassel::isOptionSet("select-authenticator")) {
+            success &= selectAuthenticator(Quassel::optionValue("select-authenticator"));
         }
-        qWarning() << "Core is currently not configured! Please connect with a Quassel Client for basic setup.";
+        QCoreApplication::exit(success ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+        return success;
     }
 
-    if (Quassel::isOptionSet("add-user")) {
-        createUser();
-        exit(0);
+    if (!_configured) {
+        if (config_from_environment) {
+            _configured = initStorage(db_backend, db_connectionProperties, environment, config_from_environment, true);
+            initAuthenticator(auth_authenticator, auth_properties, environment, config_from_environment, true);
+
+            if (!_configured) {
+                qWarning() << "Cannot configure from environment";
+                QCoreApplication::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            if (_registeredStorageBackends.empty()) {
+                quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Could not initialize any storage backend! Exiting..."));
+                quWarning()
+                        << qPrintable(tr("Currently, Quassel supports SQLite3 and PostgreSQL. You need to build your\n"
+                                         "Qt library with the sqlite or postgres plugin enabled in order for quasselcore\n"
+                                         "to work."));
+                QCoreApplication::exit(EXIT_FAILURE); // TODO make this less brutal (especially for mono client -> popup)
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (writeError) {
+                qWarning() << "Cannot write quasselcore configuration; probably a permission problem.";
+                QCoreApplication::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            quInfo() << "Core is currently not configured! Please connect with a Quassel Client for basic setup.";
+        }
     }
+    else {
+        if (Quassel::isOptionSet("add-user")) {
+            bool success = createUser();
+            QCoreApplication::exit(success ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+            return success;
+        }
+
+        if (Quassel::isOptionSet("change-userpass")) {
+            bool success = changeUserPass(Quassel::optionValue("change-userpass"));
+            QCoreApplication::exit(success ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+            return success;
+        }
+
+        _strictIdentEnabled = Quassel::isOptionSet("strict-ident");
+        if (_strictIdentEnabled) {
+            cacheSysIdent();
+        }
+
+        if (Quassel::isOptionSet("oidentd")) {
+            _oidentdConfigGenerator = new OidentdConfigGenerator(this);
+        }
+
+
+        if (Quassel::isOptionSet("ident-daemon")) {
+            _identServer = new IdentServer(this);
+        }
 
-    if (Quassel::isOptionSet("change-userpass")) {
-        changeUserPass(Quassel::optionValue("change-userpass"));
-        exit(0);
+        Quassel::registerReloadHandler([]() {
+            // Currently, only reloading SSL certificates and the sysident cache is supported
+            if (Core::instance()) {
+                Core::instance()->cacheSysIdent();
+                Core::instance()->reloadCerts();
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        });
+
+        connect(&_storageSyncTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(syncStorage()));
+        _storageSyncTimer.start(10 * 60 * 1000); // 10 minutes
     }
 
     connect(&_server, SIGNAL(newConnection()), this, SLOT(incomingConnection()));
     connect(&_v6server, SIGNAL(newConnection()), this, SLOT(incomingConnection()));
-    if (!startListening()) exit(1);  // TODO make this less brutal
 
-    if (Quassel::isOptionSet("oidentd"))
-        _oidentdConfigGenerator = new OidentdConfigGenerator(this);
-}
+    if (!startListening()) {
+        QCoreApplication::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);  // TODO make this less brutal
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (_configured && !Quassel::isOptionSet("norestore")) {
+        Core::restoreState();
+    }
 
+    _initialized = true;
 
-Core::~Core()
-{
-    foreach(QTcpSocket *socket, blocksizes.keys()) {
-        socket->disconnectFromHost(); // disconnect non authed clients
+    if (_pendingInternalConnection) {
+        connectInternalPeer(_pendingInternalConnection);
+        _pendingInternalConnection = {};
     }
-    qDeleteAll(sessions);
-    qDeleteAll(_storageBackends);
-}
 
+    return true;
+}
 
 /*** Session Restore ***/
 
 void Core::saveState()
 {
-    CoreSettings s;
-    QVariantMap state;
-    QVariantList activeSessions;
-    foreach(UserId user, instance()->sessions.keys()) activeSessions << QVariant::fromValue<UserId>(user);
-    state["CoreStateVersion"] = 1;
-    state["ActiveSessions"] = activeSessions;
-    s.setCoreState(state);
+    if (_storage) {
+        QVariantList activeSessions;
+        for (auto &&user : instance()->_sessions.keys())
+            activeSessions << QVariant::fromValue<UserId>(user);
+        _storage->setCoreState(activeSessions);
+    }
 }
 
 
 void Core::restoreState()
 {
-    if (!instance()->_configured) {
-        // qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Cannot restore a state for an unconfigured core!"));
+    if (!_configured) {
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Cannot restore a state for an unconfigured core!"));
         return;
     }
-    if (instance()->sessions.count()) {
-        qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Calling restoreState() even though active sessions exist!"));
+    if (_sessions.count()) {
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Calling restoreState() even though active sessions exist!"));
         return;
     }
+
     CoreSettings s;
     /* We don't check, since we are at the first version since switching to Git
     uint statever = s.coreState().toMap()["CoreStateVersion"].toUInt();
     if(statever < 1) {
-      qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Core state too old, ignoring..."));
+      quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Core state too old, ignoring..."));
       return;
     }
     */
 
-    QVariantList activeSessions = s.coreState().toMap()["ActiveSessions"].toList();
+    const QList<QVariant> &activeSessionsFallback = s.coreState().toMap()["ActiveSessions"].toList();
+    QVariantList activeSessions = instance()->_storage->getCoreState(activeSessionsFallback);
+
     if (activeSessions.count() > 0) {
         quInfo() << "Restoring previous core state...";
-        foreach(QVariant v, activeSessions) {
+        for(auto &&v : activeSessions) {
             UserId user = v.value<UserId>();
-            instance()->createSession(user, true);
+            sessionForUser(user, true);
         }
     }
 }
 
 
 /*** Core Setup ***/
-QString Core::setupCoreForInternalUsage()
+
+QString Core::setup(const QString &adminUser, const QString &adminPassword, const QString &backend, const QVariantMap &setupData, const QString &authenticator, const QVariantMap &authSetupData)
 {
-    Q_ASSERT(!_storageBackends.isEmpty());
-    QVariantMap setupData;
-    qsrand(QDateTime::currentDateTime().toTime_t());
-    int pass = 0;
-    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-        pass *= 10;
-        pass += qrand() % 10;
-    }
-    setupData["AdminUser"] = "AdminUser";
-    setupData["AdminPasswd"] = QString::number(pass);
-    setupData["Backend"] = QString("SQLite"); // mono client currently needs sqlite
-    return setupCore(setupData);
+    return instance()->setupCore(adminUser, adminPassword, backend, setupData, authenticator, authSetupData);
 }
 
 
-QString Core::setupCore(QVariantMap setupData)
+QString Core::setupCore(const QString &adminUser, const QString &adminPassword, const QString &backend, const QVariantMap &setupData, const QString &authenticator, const QVariantMap &authSetupData)
 {
-    QString user = setupData.take("AdminUser").toString();
-    QString password = setupData.take("AdminPasswd").toString();
-    if (user.isEmpty() || password.isEmpty()) {
+    if (_configured)
+        return tr("Core is already configured! Not configuring again...");
+
+    if (adminUser.isEmpty() || adminPassword.isEmpty()) {
         return tr("Admin user or password not set.");
     }
-    if (_configured || !(_configured = initStorage(setupData, true))) {
+    if (!(_configured = initStorage(backend, setupData, {}, false, true))) {
         return tr("Could not setup storage!");
     }
-    CoreSettings s;
-    s.setStorageSettings(setupData);
+
+    quInfo() << "Selected authenticator:" << authenticator;
+    if (!(_configured = initAuthenticator(authenticator, authSetupData, {}, false, true)))
+    {
+        return tr("Could not setup authenticator!");
+    }
+
+    if (!saveBackendSettings(backend, setupData)) {
+        return tr("Could not save backend settings, probably a permission problem.");
+    }
+    saveAuthenticatorSettings(authenticator, authSetupData);
+
     quInfo() << qPrintable(tr("Creating admin user..."));
-    _storage->addUser(user, password);
+    _storage->addUser(adminUser, adminPassword);
+    cacheSysIdent();
     startListening(); // TODO check when we need this
     return QString();
 }
 
 
-/*** Storage Handling ***/
-void Core::registerStorageBackends()
+QString Core::setupCoreForInternalUsage()
 {
-    // Register storage backends here!
-    registerStorageBackend(new SqliteStorage(this));
-    registerStorageBackend(new PostgreSqlStorage(this));
+    Q_ASSERT(!_registeredStorageBackends.empty());
+
+    qsrand(QDateTime::currentDateTime().toMSecsSinceEpoch());
+    int pass = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+        pass *= 10;
+        pass += qrand() % 10;
+    }
+
+    // mono client currently needs sqlite
+    return setupCore("AdminUser", QString::number(pass), "SQLite", QVariantMap(), "Database", QVariantMap());
 }
 
 
-bool Core::registerStorageBackend(Storage *backend)
+/*** Storage Handling ***/
+
+template<typename Storage>
+void Core::registerStorageBackend()
 {
-    if (backend->isAvailable()) {
-        _storageBackends[backend->displayName()] = backend;
-        return true;
-    }
-    else {
+    auto backend = makeDeferredShared<Storage>(this);
+    if (backend->isAvailable())
+        _registeredStorageBackends.emplace_back(std::move(backend));
+    else
         backend->deleteLater();
-        return false;
-    }
 }
 
 
-void Core::unregisterStorageBackends()
+void Core::registerStorageBackends()
 {
-    foreach(Storage *s, _storageBackends.values()) {
-        s->deleteLater();
+    if (_registeredStorageBackends.empty()) {
+        registerStorageBackend<SqliteStorage>();
+        registerStorageBackend<PostgreSqlStorage>();
     }
-    _storageBackends.clear();
 }
 
 
-void Core::unregisterStorageBackend(Storage *backend)
+DeferredSharedPtr<Storage> Core::storageBackend(const QString &backendId) const
 {
-    _storageBackends.remove(backend->displayName());
-    backend->deleteLater();
+    auto it = std::find_if(_registeredStorageBackends.begin(), _registeredStorageBackends.end(),
+                           [backendId](const DeferredSharedPtr<Storage> &backend) {
+                               return backend->displayName() == backendId;
+                           });
+    return it != _registeredStorageBackends.end() ? *it : nullptr;
 }
 
-
 // old db settings:
 // "Type" => "sqlite"
-bool Core::initStorage(const QString &backend, QVariantMap settings, bool setup)
+bool Core::initStorage(const QString &backend, const QVariantMap &settings,
+                       const QProcessEnvironment &environment, bool loadFromEnvironment, bool setup)
 {
-    _storage = 0;
-
     if (backend.isEmpty()) {
+        quWarning() << "No storage backend selected!";
         return false;
     }
 
-    Storage *storage = 0;
-    if (_storageBackends.contains(backend)) {
-        storage = _storageBackends[backend];
-    }
-    else {
+    auto storage = storageBackend(backend);
+    if (!storage) {
         qCritical() << "Selected storage backend is not available:" << backend;
         return false;
     }
 
-    Storage::State storageState = storage->init(settings);
+    connect(storage.get(), SIGNAL(dbUpgradeInProgress(bool)), this, SIGNAL(dbUpgradeInProgress(bool)));
+
+    Storage::State storageState = storage->init(settings, environment, loadFromEnvironment);
     switch (storageState) {
     case Storage::NeedsSetup:
         if (!setup)
             return false;  // trigger setup process
-        if (storage->setup(settings))
-            return initStorage(backend, settings, false);
-    // if setup wasn't successfull we mark the backend as unavailable
+        if (storage->setup(settings, environment, loadFromEnvironment))
+            return initStorage(backend, settings, environment, loadFromEnvironment, false);
+        return false;
+
+    // if initialization wasn't successful, we quit to keep from coming up unconfigured
     case Storage::NotAvailable:
-        qCritical() << "Selected storage backend is not available:" << backend;
-        storage->deleteLater();
-        _storageBackends.remove(backend);
-        storage = 0;
+        qCritical() << "FATAL: Selected storage backend is not available:" << backend;
+        if (!setup) {
+            QCoreApplication::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
         return false;
+
     case Storage::IsReady:
         // delete all other backends
-        _storageBackends.remove(backend);
-        unregisterStorageBackends();
-        connect(storage, SIGNAL(bufferInfoUpdated(UserId, const BufferInfo &)), this, SIGNAL(bufferInfoUpdated(UserId, const BufferInfo &)));
+        _registeredStorageBackends.clear();
+        connect(storage.get(), SIGNAL(bufferInfoUpdated(UserId, const BufferInfo &)),
+                this, SIGNAL(bufferInfoUpdated(UserId, const BufferInfo &)));
+        break;
     }
-    _storage = storage;
+    _storage = std::move(storage);
     return true;
 }
 
 
-bool Core::initStorage(QVariantMap dbSettings, bool setup)
-{
-    return initStorage(dbSettings["Backend"].toString(), dbSettings["ConnectionProperties"].toMap(), setup);
-}
-
-
 void Core::syncStorage()
 {
     if (_storage)
@@ -411,8 +461,143 @@ bool Core::createNetwork(UserId user, NetworkInfo &info)
 }
 
 
+/*** Authenticators ***/
+
+// Authentication handling, now independent from storage.
+template<typename Authenticator>
+void Core::registerAuthenticator()
+{
+    auto authenticator = makeDeferredShared<Authenticator>(this);
+    if (authenticator->isAvailable())
+        _registeredAuthenticators.emplace_back(std::move(authenticator));
+    else
+        authenticator->deleteLater();
+}
+
+
+void Core::registerAuthenticators()
+{
+    if (_registeredAuthenticators.empty()) {
+        registerAuthenticator<SqlAuthenticator>();
+#ifdef HAVE_LDAP
+        registerAuthenticator<LdapAuthenticator>();
+#endif
+    }
+}
+
+
+DeferredSharedPtr<Authenticator> Core::authenticator(const QString &backendId) const
+{
+    auto it = std::find_if(_registeredAuthenticators.begin(), _registeredAuthenticators.end(),
+                           [backendId](const DeferredSharedPtr<Authenticator> &authenticator) {
+                               return authenticator->backendId() == backendId;
+                           });
+    return it != _registeredAuthenticators.end() ? *it : nullptr;
+}
+
+
+// FIXME: Apparently, this is the legacy way of initting storage backends?
+// If there's a not-legacy way, it should be used here
+bool Core::initAuthenticator(const QString &backend, const QVariantMap &settings,
+                             const QProcessEnvironment &environment, bool loadFromEnvironment,
+                             bool setup)
+{
+    if (backend.isEmpty()) {
+        quWarning() << "No authenticator selected!";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    auto auth = authenticator(backend);
+    if (!auth) {
+        qCritical() << "Selected auth backend is not available:" << backend;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    Authenticator::State authState = auth->init(settings, environment, loadFromEnvironment);
+    switch (authState) {
+    case Authenticator::NeedsSetup:
+        if (!setup)
+            return false;  // trigger setup process
+        if (auth->setup(settings, environment, loadFromEnvironment))
+            return initAuthenticator(backend, settings, environment, loadFromEnvironment, false);
+        return false;
+
+    // if initialization wasn't successful, we quit to keep from coming up unconfigured
+    case Authenticator::NotAvailable:
+        qCritical() << "FATAL: Selected auth backend is not available:" << backend;
+        if (!setup) {
+            QCoreApplication::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+        return false;
+
+    case Authenticator::IsReady:
+        // delete all other backends
+        _registeredAuthenticators.clear();
+        break;
+    }
+    _authenticator = std::move(auth);
+    return true;
+}
+
+
 /*** Network Management ***/
 
+bool Core::sslSupported()
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
+    SslServer *sslServer = qobject_cast<SslServer *>(&instance()->_server);
+    return sslServer && sslServer->isCertValid();
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
+
+bool Core::reloadCerts()
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
+    SslServer *sslServerv4 = qobject_cast<SslServer *>(&_server);
+    bool retv4 = sslServerv4->reloadCerts();
+
+    SslServer *sslServerv6 = qobject_cast<SslServer *>(&_v6server);
+    bool retv6 = sslServerv6->reloadCerts();
+
+    return retv4 && retv6;
+#else
+    // SSL not supported, don't mark configuration reload as failed
+    return true;
+#endif
+}
+
+
+void Core::cacheSysIdent()
+{
+    if (isConfigured()) {
+        _authUserNames = _storage->getAllAuthUserNames();
+    }
+}
+
+
+QString Core::strictSysIdent(UserId user) const
+{
+    if (_authUserNames.contains(user)) {
+        return _authUserNames[user];
+    }
+
+    // A new user got added since we last pulled our cache from the database.
+    // There's no way to avoid a database hit - we don't even know the authname!
+    instance()->cacheSysIdent();
+
+    if (_authUserNames.contains(user)) {
+        return _authUserNames[user];
+    }
+
+    // ...something very weird is going on if we ended up here (an active CoreSession without a corresponding database entry?)
+    qWarning().nospace() << "Unable to find authusername for UserId " << user << ", this should never happen!";
+    return "unknown"; // Should we just terminate the program instead?
+}
+
+
 bool Core::startListening()
 {
     // in mono mode we only start a local port if a port is specified in the cli call
@@ -485,12 +670,20 @@ bool Core::startListening()
     if (!success)
         quError() << qPrintable(tr("Could not open any network interfaces to listen on!"));
 
+    if (_identServer) {
+        _identServer->startListening();
+    }
+
     return success;
 }
 
 
 void Core::stopListening(const QString &reason)
 {
+    if (_identServer) {
+        _identServer->stopListening(reason);
+    }
+
     bool wasListening = false;
     if (_server.isListening()) {
         wasListening = true;
@@ -515,173 +708,18 @@ void Core::incomingConnection()
     Q_ASSERT(server);
     while (server->hasPendingConnections()) {
         QTcpSocket *socket = server->nextPendingConnection();
-        connect(socket, SIGNAL(disconnected()), this, SLOT(clientDisconnected()));
-        connect(socket, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(clientHasData()));
-        connect(socket, SIGNAL(error(QAbstractSocket::SocketError)), this, SLOT(socketError(QAbstractSocket::SocketError)));
-
-        QVariantMap clientInfo;
-        blocksizes.insert(socket, (quint32)0);
-        quInfo() << qPrintable(tr("Client connected from"))  << qPrintable(socket->peerAddress().toString());
-
-        if (!_configured) {
-            stopListening(tr("Closing server for basic setup."));
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
-void Core::clientHasData()
-{
-    QTcpSocket *socket = dynamic_cast<QTcpSocket *>(sender());
-    Q_ASSERT(socket && blocksizes.contains(socket));
-    QVariant item;
-    while (SignalProxy::readDataFromDevice(socket, blocksizes[socket], item)) {
-        QVariantMap msg = item.toMap();
-        processClientMessage(socket, msg);
-        if (!blocksizes.contains(socket)) break;  // this socket is no longer ours to handle!
-    }
-}
 
+        CoreAuthHandler *handler = new CoreAuthHandler(socket, this);
+        _connectingClients.insert(handler);
 
-void Core::processClientMessage(QTcpSocket *socket, const QVariantMap &msg)
-{
-    if (!msg.contains("MsgType")) {
-        // Client is way too old, does not even use the current init format
-        qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Antique client trying to connect... refusing."));
-        socket->close();
-        return;
-    }
-    // OK, so we have at least an init message format we can understand
-    if (msg["MsgType"] == "ClientInit") {
-        QVariantMap reply;
-
-        // Just version information -- check it!
-        uint ver = msg["ProtocolVersion"].toUInt();
-        if (ver < Quassel::buildInfo().coreNeedsProtocol) {
-            reply["MsgType"] = "ClientInitReject";
-            reply["Error"] = tr("<b>Your Quassel Client is too old!</b><br>"
-                                "This core needs at least client/core protocol version %1.<br>"
-                                "Please consider upgrading your client.").arg(Quassel::buildInfo().coreNeedsProtocol);
-            SignalProxy::writeDataToDevice(socket, reply);
-            qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Client")) << qPrintable(socket->peerAddress().toString()) << qPrintable(tr("too old, rejecting."));
-            socket->close(); return;
-        }
+        connect(handler, SIGNAL(disconnected()), SLOT(clientDisconnected()));
+        connect(handler, SIGNAL(socketError(QAbstractSocket::SocketError,QString)), SLOT(socketError(QAbstractSocket::SocketError,QString)));
+        connect(handler, SIGNAL(handshakeComplete(RemotePeer*,UserId)), SLOT(setupClientSession(RemotePeer*,UserId)));
 
-        reply["ProtocolVersion"] = Quassel::buildInfo().protocolVersion;
-        reply["CoreVersion"] = Quassel::buildInfo().fancyVersionString;
-        reply["CoreDate"] = Quassel::buildInfo().buildDate;
-        reply["CoreStartTime"] = startTime(); // v10 clients don't necessarily parse this, see below
-
-        // FIXME: newer clients no longer use the hardcoded CoreInfo (for now), since it gets the
-        //        time zone wrong. With the next protocol bump (10 -> 11), we should remove this
-        //        or make it properly configurable.
-
-        int uptime = startTime().secsTo(QDateTime::currentDateTime().toUTC());
-        int updays = uptime / 86400; uptime %= 86400;
-        int uphours = uptime / 3600; uptime %= 3600;
-        int upmins = uptime / 60;
-        reply["CoreInfo"] = tr("<b>Quassel Core Version %1</b><br>"
-                               "Built: %2<br>"
-                               "Up %3d%4h%5m (since %6)").arg(Quassel::buildInfo().fancyVersionString)
-                            .arg(Quassel::buildInfo().buildDate)
-                            .arg(updays).arg(uphours, 2, 10, QChar('0')).arg(upmins, 2, 10, QChar('0')).arg(startTime().toString(Qt::TextDate));
-
-        reply["CoreFeatures"] = (int)Quassel::features();
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SSL
-        SslServer *sslServer = qobject_cast<SslServer *>(&_server);
-        QSslSocket *sslSocket = qobject_cast<QSslSocket *>(socket);
-        bool supportSsl = (bool)sslServer && (bool)sslSocket && sslServer->isCertValid();
-#else
-        bool supportSsl = false;
-#endif
-
-#ifndef QT_NO_COMPRESS
-        bool supportsCompression = true;
-#else
-        bool supportsCompression = false;
-#endif
-
-        reply["SupportSsl"] = supportSsl;
-        reply["SupportsCompression"] = supportsCompression;
-        // switch to ssl/compression after client has been informed about our capabilities (see below)
-
-        reply["LoginEnabled"] = true;
+        quInfo() << qPrintable(tr("Client connected from"))  << qPrintable(socket->peerAddress().toString());
 
-        // check if we are configured, start wizard otherwise
         if (!_configured) {
-            reply["Configured"] = false;
-            QList<QVariant> backends;
-            foreach(Storage *backend, _storageBackends.values()) {
-                QVariantMap v;
-                v["DisplayName"] = backend->displayName();
-                v["Description"] = backend->description();
-                v["SetupKeys"] = backend->setupKeys();
-                v["SetupDefaults"] = backend->setupDefaults();
-                backends.append(v);
-            }
-            reply["StorageBackends"] = backends;
-            reply["LoginEnabled"] = false;
-        }
-        else {
-            reply["Configured"] = true;
-        }
-        clientInfo[socket] = msg; // store for future reference
-        reply["MsgType"] = "ClientInitAck";
-        SignalProxy::writeDataToDevice(socket, reply);
-        socket->flush(); // ensure that the write cache is flushed before we switch to ssl
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SSL
-        // after we told the client that we are ssl capable we switch to ssl mode
-        if (supportSsl && msg["UseSsl"].toBool()) {
-            qDebug() << qPrintable(tr("Starting TLS for Client:"))  << qPrintable(socket->peerAddress().toString());
-            connect(sslSocket, SIGNAL(sslErrors(const QList<QSslError> &)), this, SLOT(sslErrors(const QList<QSslError> &)));
-            sslSocket->startServerEncryption();
-        }
-#endif
-
-#ifndef QT_NO_COMPRESS
-        if (supportsCompression && msg["UseCompression"].toBool()) {
-            socket->setProperty("UseCompression", true);
-            qDebug() << "Using compression for Client:" << qPrintable(socket->peerAddress().toString());
-        }
-#endif
-    }
-    else {
-        // for the rest, we need an initialized connection
-        if (!clientInfo.contains(socket)) {
-            QVariantMap reply;
-            reply["MsgType"] = "ClientLoginReject";
-            reply["Error"] = tr("<b>Client not initialized!</b><br>You need to send an init message before trying to login.");
-            SignalProxy::writeDataToDevice(socket, reply);
-            qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Client")) << qPrintable(socket->peerAddress().toString()) << qPrintable(tr("did not send an init message before trying to login, rejecting."));
-            socket->close(); return;
-        }
-        if (msg["MsgType"] == "CoreSetupData") {
-            QVariantMap reply;
-            QString result = setupCore(msg["SetupData"].toMap());
-            if (!result.isEmpty()) {
-                reply["MsgType"] = "CoreSetupReject";
-                reply["Error"] = result;
-            }
-            else {
-                reply["MsgType"] = "CoreSetupAck";
-            }
-            SignalProxy::writeDataToDevice(socket, reply);
-        }
-        else if (msg["MsgType"] == "ClientLogin") {
-            QVariantMap reply;
-            UserId uid = _storage->validateUser(msg["User"].toString(), msg["Password"].toString());
-            if (uid == 0) {
-                reply["MsgType"] = "ClientLoginReject";
-                reply["Error"] = tr("<b>Invalid username or password!</b><br>The username/password combination you supplied could not be found in the database.");
-                SignalProxy::writeDataToDevice(socket, reply);
-                return;
-            }
-            reply["MsgType"] = "ClientLoginAck";
-            SignalProxy::writeDataToDevice(socket, reply);
-            quInfo() << qPrintable(tr("Client")) << qPrintable(socket->peerAddress().toString()) << qPrintable(tr("initialized and authenticated successfully as \"%1\" (UserId: %2).").arg(msg["User"].toString()).arg(uid.toInt()));
-            setupClientSession(socket, uid);
+            stopListening(tr("Closing server for basic setup."));
         }
     }
 }
@@ -690,41 +728,12 @@ void Core::processClientMessage(QTcpSocket *socket, const QVariantMap &msg)
 // Potentially called during the initialization phase (before handing the connection off to the session)
 void Core::clientDisconnected()
 {
-    QTcpSocket *socket = qobject_cast<QTcpSocket *>(sender());
-    if (socket) {
-        // here it's safe to call methods on socket!
-        quInfo() << qPrintable(tr("Non-authed client disconnected.")) << qPrintable(socket->peerAddress().toString());
-        blocksizes.remove(socket);
-        clientInfo.remove(socket);
-        socket->deleteLater();
-    }
-    else {
-        // we have to crawl through the hashes and see if we find a victim to remove
-        qDebug() << qPrintable(tr("Non-authed client disconnected. (socket allready destroyed)"));
-
-        // DO NOT CALL ANY METHODS ON socket!!
-        socket = static_cast<QTcpSocket *>(sender());
-
-        QHash<QTcpSocket *, quint32>::iterator blockSizeIter = blocksizes.begin();
-        while (blockSizeIter != blocksizes.end()) {
-            if (blockSizeIter.key() == socket) {
-                blockSizeIter = blocksizes.erase(blockSizeIter);
-            }
-            else {
-                blockSizeIter++;
-            }
-        }
+    CoreAuthHandler *handler = qobject_cast<CoreAuthHandler *>(sender());
+    Q_ASSERT(handler);
 
-        QHash<QTcpSocket *, QVariantMap>::iterator clientInfoIter = clientInfo.begin();
-        while (clientInfoIter != clientInfo.end()) {
-            if (clientInfoIter.key() == socket) {
-                clientInfoIter = clientInfo.erase(clientInfoIter);
-            }
-            else {
-                clientInfoIter++;
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    quInfo() << qPrintable(tr("Non-authed client disconnected:")) << qPrintable(handler->socket()->peerAddress().toString());
+    _connectingClients.remove(handler);
+    handler->deleteLater();
 
     // make server listen again if still not configured
     if (!_configured) {
@@ -736,31 +745,22 @@ void Core::clientDisconnected()
 }
 
 
-void Core::setupClientSession(QTcpSocket *socket, UserId uid)
+void Core::setupClientSession(RemotePeer *peer, UserId uid)
 {
+    CoreAuthHandler *handler = qobject_cast<CoreAuthHandler *>(sender());
+    Q_ASSERT(handler);
+
     // From now on everything is handled by the client session
-    disconnect(socket, 0, this, 0);
-    socket->flush();
-    blocksizes.remove(socket);
-    clientInfo.remove(socket);
+    disconnect(handler, 0, this, 0);
+    _connectingClients.remove(handler);
+    handler->deleteLater();
 
     // Find or create session for validated user
-    SessionThread *session;
-    if (sessions.contains(uid)) {
-        session = sessions[uid];
-    }
-    else {
-        session = createSession(uid);
-        if (!session) {
-            qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Could not initialize session for client:")) << qPrintable(socket->peerAddress().toString());
-            socket->close();
-            return;
-        }
-    }
+    sessionForUser(uid);
 
     // as we are currently handling an event triggered by incoming data on this socket
     // it is unsafe to directly move the socket to the client thread.
-    QCoreApplication::postEvent(this, new AddClientEvent(socket, uid));
+    QCoreApplication::postEvent(this, new AddClientEvent(peer, uid));
 }
 
 
@@ -768,27 +768,32 @@ void Core::customEvent(QEvent *event)
 {
     if (event->type() == AddClientEventId) {
         AddClientEvent *addClientEvent = static_cast<AddClientEvent *>(event);
-        addClientHelper(addClientEvent->socket, addClientEvent->userId);
+        addClientHelper(addClientEvent->peer, addClientEvent->userId);
         return;
     }
 }
 
 
-void Core::addClientHelper(QTcpSocket *socket, UserId uid)
+void Core::addClientHelper(RemotePeer *peer, UserId uid)
 {
     // Find or create session for validated user
-    if (!sessions.contains(uid)) {
-        qWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Could not find a session for client:")) << qPrintable(socket->peerAddress().toString());
-        socket->close();
-        return;
-    }
+    SessionThread *session = sessionForUser(uid);
+    session->addClient(peer);
+}
+
 
-    SessionThread *session = sessions[uid];
-    session->addClient(socket);
+void Core::connectInternalPeer(QPointer<InternalPeer> peer)
+{
+    if (_initialized && peer) {
+        setupInternalClientSession(peer);
+    }
+    else {
+        _pendingInternalConnection = peer;
+    }
 }
 
 
-void Core::setupInternalClientSession(SignalProxy *proxy)
+void Core::setupInternalClientSession(QPointer<InternalPeer> clientPeer)
 {
     if (!_configured) {
         stopListening();
@@ -800,130 +805,227 @@ void Core::setupInternalClientSession(SignalProxy *proxy)
         uid = _storage->internalUser();
     }
     else {
-        qWarning() << "Core::setupInternalClientSession(): You're trying to run monolithic Quassel with an unusable Backend! Go fix it!";
+        quWarning() << "Core::setupInternalClientSession(): You're trying to run monolithic Quassel with an unusable Backend! Go fix it!";
+        QCoreApplication::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         return;
     }
 
+    if (!clientPeer) {
+        quWarning() << "Client peer went away, not starting a session";
+        return;
+    }
+
+    InternalPeer *corePeer = new InternalPeer(this);
+    corePeer->setPeer(clientPeer);
+    clientPeer->setPeer(corePeer);
+
     // Find or create session for validated user
-    SessionThread *sess;
-    if (sessions.contains(uid))
-        sess = sessions[uid];
-    else
-        sess = createSession(uid);
-    sess->addClient(proxy);
+    SessionThread *sessionThread = sessionForUser(uid);
+    sessionThread->addClient(corePeer);
 }
 
 
-SessionThread *Core::createSession(UserId uid, bool restore)
+SessionThread *Core::sessionForUser(UserId uid, bool restore)
 {
-    if (sessions.contains(uid)) {
-        qWarning() << "Calling createSession() when a session for the user already exists!";
-        return 0;
-    }
-    SessionThread *sess = new SessionThread(uid, restore, this);
-    sessions[uid] = sess;
-    sess->start();
-    return sess;
+    if (_sessions.contains(uid))
+        return _sessions[uid];
+
+    SessionThread *session = new SessionThread(uid, restore, strictIdentEnabled(), this);
+    _sessions[uid] = session;
+    session->start();
+    return session;
 }
 
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SSL
-void Core::sslErrors(const QList<QSslError> &errors)
+void Core::socketError(QAbstractSocket::SocketError err, const QString &errorString)
 {
-    Q_UNUSED(errors);
-    QSslSocket *socket = qobject_cast<QSslSocket *>(sender());
-    if (socket)
-        socket->ignoreSslErrors();
+    quWarning() << QString("Socket error %1: %2").arg(err).arg(errorString);
 }
 
 
-#endif
-
-void Core::socketError(QAbstractSocket::SocketError err)
+QVariantList Core::backendInfo()
 {
-    QAbstractSocket *socket = qobject_cast<QAbstractSocket *>(sender());
-    if (socket && err != QAbstractSocket::RemoteHostClosedError)
-        qWarning() << "Core::socketError()" << socket << err << socket->errorString();
+    instance()->registerStorageBackends();
+
+    QVariantList backendInfos;
+    for (auto &&backend : instance()->_registeredStorageBackends) {
+        QVariantMap v;
+        v["BackendId"]   = backend->backendId();
+        v["DisplayName"] = backend->displayName();
+        v["Description"] = backend->description();
+        v["SetupData"]   = backend->setupData(); // ignored by legacy clients
+
+        // TODO Protocol Break: Remove legacy (cf. authenticatorInfo())
+        const auto &setupData = backend->setupData();
+        QStringList setupKeys;
+        QVariantMap setupDefaults;
+        for (int i = 0; i + 2 < setupData.size(); i += 3) {
+            setupKeys << setupData[i].toString();
+            setupDefaults[setupData[i].toString()] = setupData[i + 2];
+        }
+        v["SetupKeys"]     = setupKeys;
+        v["SetupDefaults"] = setupDefaults;
+        // TODO Protocol Break: Remove
+        v["IsDefault"]     = (backend->backendId() == "SQLite"); // newer clients will just use the first in the list
+
+        backendInfos << v;
+    }
+    return backendInfos;
 }
 
 
+QVariantList Core::authenticatorInfo()
+{
+    instance()->registerAuthenticators();
+
+    QVariantList authInfos;
+    for(auto &&backend : instance()->_registeredAuthenticators) {
+        QVariantMap v;
+        v["BackendId"]   = backend->backendId();
+        v["DisplayName"] = backend->displayName();
+        v["Description"] = backend->description();
+        v["SetupData"]   = backend->setupData();
+        authInfos << v;
+    }
+    return authInfos;
+}
+
 // migration / backend selection
 bool Core::selectBackend(const QString &backend)
 {
     // reregister all storage backends
     registerStorageBackends();
-    if (!_storageBackends.contains(backend)) {
-        qWarning() << qPrintable(QString("Core::selectBackend(): unsupported backend: %1").arg(backend));
-        qWarning() << "    supported backends are:" << qPrintable(QStringList(_storageBackends.keys()).join(", "));
+    auto storage = storageBackend(backend);
+    if (!storage) {
+        QStringList backends;
+        std::transform(_registeredStorageBackends.begin(), _registeredStorageBackends.end(),
+                       std::back_inserter(backends), [](const DeferredSharedPtr<Storage>& backend) {
+                           return backend->displayName();
+                       });
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Unsupported storage backend: %1").arg(backend));
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Supported backends are:")) << qPrintable(backends.join(", "));
         return false;
     }
 
-    Storage *storage = _storageBackends[backend];
-    QVariantMap settings = promptForSettings(storage);
+    QVariantMap settings = promptForSettings(storage.get());
 
     Storage::State storageState = storage->init(settings);
     switch (storageState) {
     case Storage::IsReady:
-        saveBackendSettings(backend, settings);
-        qWarning() << "Switched backend to:" << qPrintable(backend);
-        qWarning() << "Backend already initialized. Skipping Migration";
+        if (!saveBackendSettings(backend, settings)) {
+            qCritical() << qPrintable(QString("Could not save backend settings, probably a permission problem."));
+        }
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Switched storage backend to: %1").arg(backend));
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Backend already initialized. Skipping Migration..."));
         return true;
     case Storage::NotAvailable:
-        qCritical() << "Backend is not available:" << qPrintable(backend);
+        qCritical() << qPrintable(tr("Storage backend is not available: %1").arg(backend));
         return false;
     case Storage::NeedsSetup:
         if (!storage->setup(settings)) {
-            qWarning() << qPrintable(QString("Core::selectBackend(): unable to setup backend: %1").arg(backend));
+            quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Unable to setup storage backend: %1").arg(backend));
             return false;
         }
 
         if (storage->init(settings) != Storage::IsReady) {
-            qWarning() << qPrintable(QString("Core::migrateBackend(): unable to initialize backend: %1").arg(backend));
+            quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Unable to initialize storage backend: %1").arg(backend));
             return false;
         }
 
-        saveBackendSettings(backend, settings);
-        qWarning() << "Switched backend to:" << qPrintable(backend);
+        if (!saveBackendSettings(backend, settings)) {
+            qCritical() << qPrintable(QString("Could not save backend settings, probably a permission problem."));
+        }
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Switched storage backend to: %1").arg(backend));
         break;
     }
 
     // let's see if we have a current storage object we can migrate from
-    AbstractSqlMigrationReader *reader = getMigrationReader(_storage);
-    AbstractSqlMigrationWriter *writer = getMigrationWriter(storage);
+    auto reader = getMigrationReader(_storage.get());
+    auto writer = getMigrationWriter(storage.get());
     if (reader && writer) {
-        qDebug() << qPrintable(QString("Migrating Storage backend %1 to %2...").arg(_storage->displayName(), storage->displayName()));
-        delete _storage;
-        _storage = 0;
-        delete storage;
-        storage = 0;
-        if (reader->migrateTo(writer)) {
+        qDebug() << qPrintable(tr("Migrating storage backend %1 to %2...").arg(_storage->displayName(), storage->displayName()));
+        _storage.reset();
+        storage.reset();
+        if (reader->migrateTo(writer.get())) {
             qDebug() << "Migration finished!";
-            saveBackendSettings(backend, settings);
+            qDebug() << qPrintable(tr("Migration finished!"));
+            if (!saveBackendSettings(backend, settings)) {
+                qCritical() << qPrintable(QString("Could not save backend settings, probably a permission problem."));
+                return false;
+            }
             return true;
         }
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Unable to migrate storage backend! (No migration writer for %1)").arg(backend));
         return false;
-        qWarning() << qPrintable(QString("Core::migrateDb(): unable to migrate storage backend! (No migration writer for %1)").arg(backend));
     }
 
     // inform the user why we cannot merge
     if (!_storage) {
-        qWarning() << "No currently active backend. Skipping migration.";
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("No currently active storage backend. Skipping migration..."));
     }
     else if (!reader) {
-        qWarning() << "Currently active backend does not support migration:" << qPrintable(_storage->displayName());
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Currently active storage backend does not support migration: %1").arg(_storage->displayName()));
     }
     if (writer) {
-        qWarning() << "New backend does not support migration:" << qPrintable(backend);
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("New storage backend does not support migration: %1").arg(backend));
     }
 
     // so we were unable to merge, but let's create a user \o/
-    _storage = storage;
+    _storage = std::move(storage);
     createUser();
     return true;
 }
 
+// TODO: I am not sure if this function is implemented correctly.
+// There is currently no concept of migraiton between auth backends.
+bool Core::selectAuthenticator(const QString &backend)
+{
+    // Register all authentication backends.
+    registerAuthenticators();
+    auto auther = authenticator(backend);
+    if (!auther) {
+        QStringList authenticators;
+        std::transform(_registeredAuthenticators.begin(), _registeredAuthenticators.end(),
+                       std::back_inserter(authenticators), [](const DeferredSharedPtr<Authenticator>& authenticator) {
+                           return authenticator->displayName();
+                       });
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Unsupported authenticator: %1").arg(backend));
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Supported authenticators are:")) << qPrintable(authenticators.join(", "));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    QVariantMap settings = promptForSettings(auther.get());
+
+    Authenticator::State state = auther->init(settings);
+    switch (state) {
+    case Authenticator::IsReady:
+        saveAuthenticatorSettings(backend, settings);
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Switched authenticator to: %1").arg(backend));
+        return true;
+    case Authenticator::NotAvailable:
+        qCritical() << qPrintable(tr("Authenticator is not available: %1").arg(backend));
+        return false;
+    case Authenticator::NeedsSetup:
+        if (!auther->setup(settings)) {
+            quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Unable to setup authenticator: %1").arg(backend));
+            return false;
+        }
 
-void Core::createUser()
+        if (auther->init(settings) != Authenticator::IsReady) {
+            quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Unable to initialize authenticator: %1").arg(backend));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        saveAuthenticatorSettings(backend, settings);
+        quWarning() << qPrintable(tr("Switched authenticator to: %1").arg(backend));
+    }
+
+    _authenticator = std::move(auther);
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+bool Core::createUser()
 {
     QTextStream out(stdout);
     QTextStream in(stdin);
@@ -944,31 +1046,38 @@ void Core::createUser()
     enableStdInEcho();
 
     if (password != password2) {
-        qWarning() << "Passwords don't match!";
-        return;
+        quWarning() << "Passwords don't match!";
+        return false;
     }
     if (password.isEmpty()) {
-        qWarning() << "Password is empty!";
-        return;
+        quWarning() << "Password is empty!";
+        return false;
     }
 
     if (_configured && _storage->addUser(username, password).isValid()) {
         out << "Added user " << username << " successfully!" << endl;
+        return true;
     }
     else {
-        qWarning() << "Unable to add user:" << qPrintable(username);
+        quWarning() << "Unable to add user:" << qPrintable(username);
+        return false;
     }
 }
 
 
-void Core::changeUserPass(const QString &username)
+bool Core::changeUserPass(const QString &username)
 {
     QTextStream out(stdout);
     QTextStream in(stdin);
     UserId userId = _storage->getUserId(username);
     if (!userId.isValid()) {
         out << "User " << username << " does not exist." << endl;
-        return;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!canChangeUserPassword(userId)) {
+        out << "User " << username << " is configured through an auth provider that has forbidden manual password changing." << endl;
+        return false;
     }
 
     out << "Change password for user: " << username << endl;
@@ -985,114 +1094,150 @@ void Core::changeUserPass(const QString &username)
     enableStdInEcho();
 
     if (password != password2) {
-        qWarning() << "Passwords don't match!";
-        return;
+        quWarning() << "Passwords don't match!";
+        return false;
     }
     if (password.isEmpty()) {
-        qWarning() << "Password is empty!";
-        return;
+        quWarning() << "Password is empty!";
+        return false;
     }
 
     if (_configured && _storage->updateUser(userId, password)) {
         out << "Password changed successfully!" << endl;
+        return true;
     }
     else {
-        qWarning() << "Failed to change password!";
+        quWarning() << "Failed to change password!";
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+
+bool Core::changeUserPassword(UserId userId, const QString &password)
+{
+    if (!isConfigured() || !userId.isValid())
+        return false;
+
+    if (!canChangeUserPassword(userId))
+        return false;
+
+    return instance()->_storage->updateUser(userId, password);
+}
+
+// TODO: this code isn't currently 100% optimal because the core
+// doesn't know it can have multiple auth providers configured (there aren't
+// multiple auth providers at the moment anyway) and we have hardcoded the
+// Database provider to be always allowed.
+bool Core::canChangeUserPassword(UserId userId)
+{
+    QString authProvider = instance()->_storage->getUserAuthenticator(userId);
+    if (authProvider != "Database") {
+        if (authProvider != instance()->_authenticator->backendId()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        else if (instance()->_authenticator->canChangePassword()) {
+            return false;
+        }
     }
+    return true;
 }
 
 
-AbstractSqlMigrationReader *Core::getMigrationReader(Storage *storage)
+std::unique_ptr<AbstractSqlMigrationReader> Core::getMigrationReader(Storage *storage)
 {
     if (!storage)
-        return 0;
+        return nullptr;
 
     AbstractSqlStorage *sqlStorage = qobject_cast<AbstractSqlStorage *>(storage);
     if (!sqlStorage) {
         qDebug() << "Core::migrateDb(): only SQL based backends can be migrated!";
-        return 0;
+        return nullptr;
     }
 
     return sqlStorage->createMigrationReader();
 }
 
 
-AbstractSqlMigrationWriter *Core::getMigrationWriter(Storage *storage)
+std::unique_ptr<AbstractSqlMigrationWriter> Core::getMigrationWriter(Storage *storage)
 {
     if (!storage)
-        return 0;
+        return nullptr;
 
     AbstractSqlStorage *sqlStorage = qobject_cast<AbstractSqlStorage *>(storage);
     if (!sqlStorage) {
         qDebug() << "Core::migrateDb(): only SQL based backends can be migrated!";
-        return 0;
+        return nullptr;
     }
 
     return sqlStorage->createMigrationWriter();
 }
 
 
-void Core::saveBackendSettings(const QString &backend, const QVariantMap &settings)
+bool Core::saveBackendSettings(const QString &backend, const QVariantMap &settings)
 {
     QVariantMap dbsettings;
     dbsettings["Backend"] = backend;
     dbsettings["ConnectionProperties"] = settings;
-    CoreSettings().setStorageSettings(dbsettings);
+    CoreSettings s = CoreSettings();
+    s.setStorageSettings(dbsettings);
+    return s.sync();
 }
 
 
-QVariantMap Core::promptForSettings(const Storage *storage)
+void Core::saveAuthenticatorSettings(const QString &backend, const QVariantMap &settings)
+{
+    QVariantMap dbsettings;
+    dbsettings["Authenticator"] = backend;
+    dbsettings["AuthProperties"] = settings;
+    CoreSettings().setAuthSettings(dbsettings);
+}
+
+// Generic version of promptForSettings that doesn't care what *type* of
+// backend it runs over.
+template<typename Backend>
+QVariantMap Core::promptForSettings(const Backend *backend)
 {
     QVariantMap settings;
+    const QVariantList& setupData = backend->setupData();
 
-    QStringList keys = storage->setupKeys();
-    if (keys.isEmpty())
+    if (setupData.isEmpty())
         return settings;
 
     QTextStream out(stdout);
     QTextStream in(stdin);
     out << "Default values are in brackets" << endl;
 
-    QVariantMap defaults = storage->setupDefaults();
-    QString value;
-    foreach(QString key, keys) {
-        QVariant val;
-        if (defaults.contains(key)) {
-            val = defaults[key];
-        }
-        out << key;
-        if (!val.toString().isEmpty()) {
-            out << " (" << val.toString() << ")";
-        }
-        out << ": ";
-        out.flush();
+    for (int i = 0; i + 2 < setupData.size(); i += 3) {
+        QString key = setupData[i].toString();
+        out << setupData[i+1].toString() << " [" << setupData[i+2].toString() << "]: " << flush;
 
-        bool noEcho = QString("password").toLower().startsWith(key.toLower());
+        bool noEcho = key.toLower().contains("password");
         if (noEcho) {
             disableStdInEcho();
         }
-        value = in.readLine().trimmed();
+        QString input = in.readLine().trimmed();
         if (noEcho) {
             out << endl;
             enableStdInEcho();
         }
 
-        if (!value.isEmpty()) {
-            switch (defaults[key].type()) {
+        QVariant value{setupData[i+2]};
+        if (!input.isEmpty()) {
+            switch (value.type()) {
             case QVariant::Int:
-                val = QVariant(value.toInt());
+                value = input.toInt();
                 break;
             default:
-                val = QVariant(value);
+                value = input;
             }
         }
-        settings[key] = val;
+        settings[key] = value;
     }
     return settings;
 }
 
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN32
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
 void Core::stdInEcho(bool on)
 {
     HANDLE hStdin = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
@@ -1105,7 +1250,6 @@ void Core::stdInEcho(bool on)
     SetConsoleMode(hStdin, mode);
 }
 
-
 #else
 void Core::stdInEcho(bool on)
 {
@@ -1118,5 +1262,4 @@ void Core::stdInEcho(bool on)
     tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &t);
 }
 
-
-#endif /* Q_OS_WIN32 */
+#endif /* Q_OS_WIN */