[dz7]

Oh, last post was a mistake.

I finally figured it out. I was right with the last thing I tried…the function to change was validate_auth_cookie, which should return an integer representing the user ID. (It wasn’t working because I hadn’t yet set that user’s capabilities in the database.)

So, for anyone trying to do the same thing: the function that needs to be rewritten is validate_auth_cookie in class.wp-auth.php. Write your own function to validate the cookie, and return a user ID (int).