Better authentication allowing non user model eg administrator model base

app/controllers/cmtool/application_controller.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Cmtool
   class ApplicationController < ::ApplicationController
-    before_filter :authenticate_user!, :authorize_user, :check_environment, :set_locale
+    before_filter :authorize_user, :check_environment, :set_locale
     layout 'cmtool/application'
 
     private
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ module Cmtool
       end
     end
 
+    unless method_defined? :cmtool_user
+      def cmtool_user
+        current_user
+      end
+    end
+
     def check_environment
       @cmtool_warnings ||= []
       @cmtool_warnings << 'no_host_specified' unless ( Rails.application.config.action_mailer.default_url_options[:host] rescue false) ||

app/controllers/cmtool/users_controller.rb

@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ module Cmtool
       end
       @user = ::User.find(params[:id])
       if @user.update_attributes(user)
-        if user['password']
-          # Sign in after changing current logged in password
-          sign_in(@user, :bypass => true) if @user == current_user
-        end
         redirect_to cmtool.users_path, :notice => I18n.t('cmtool.action.update.successful', :model => ::User.model_name.human)
       else
         render :action => 'edit'

app/views/cmtool/application/_menu.html.slim

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
       li.toggle-topbar.menu-icon
         a href="#" 
           span Menu
-    - if user_signed_in?
+    - if cmtool_user.present?
       section.top-bar-section
         ul.right
           li.has-dropdown
-            a href="#" = current_user.email
+            a href="#" = cmtool_user.email
             ul.dropdown
-              li.log-out= link_to t('helpers.links.logout'), main_app.destroy_user_session_path, method: :delete
+              li.log-out= link_to t('helpers.links.logout'), main_app.root_path
         ul.left
           - Cmtool::Menu.items.each do |menu_item|
             - if menu_item.group?

app/views/cmtool/application/_user_info.html.slim

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #user-info
-  #user-info-email= link_to current_user.email, cmtool.user_path(current_user)
+  #user-info-email= link_to cmtool_user.email, cmtool.user_path(current_user)
   #user-info-sign-in-out class: user_signed_in? ? 'signed-in' : 'signed-out' 
     - if user_signed_in?
       = link_to t('devise.sessions.sign_out'), cmtool.destroy_user_session_path