patagon,

It sounds possible and can be done...but with Links 2 as you said there is no User database. So you would have to write your own calls to user database in the various Links files in order to accomplish this. Or add in some extra capabilities to W3T to handle what you want to do. The HTML_Templates.pm would need to be modified to link to the user database, as would all your add, modify, etc...if your not sure of SQL I would say your plan won't be feasible. I mean the User database is in a SQL table. You might manage to port some W3T routines into your Links 2 but with the DBSQL.pm module you would have a much easier time of it!

If you need this type of feature get LinkSQL and I'll share with you some of the code modifications I've made. Because what you want to do is exactly what I have done. The integration between the two is also alot easier with the free version of W3T. Though the pro version is alot cleaner and obviously has tons more features.

Don't be daunted by SQL, especially not with Links. Alex's DBSQL.pm module makes it easy to do some pretty complex stuff and is more than worth the price