- checkAdmin: return 'admin' when admin auth not configured
- checkUser: return 'user' when authCode not configured
- directoryTree: use authType !== 'admin' to gate user-only checks
- Remove Basic Auth (verifyBasicAuth, parseBasicAuth) from authCore.js
- Add /api/auth/adminLogin POST endpoint for admin login via JSON body
- Delete legacy /api/manage/check, login, logout (no longer referenced)
- Fix adminConfigured to consider password-only config
- Extract shared authentication logic into utils/auth/authCore.js
- Replace enableBasicAuth/enableAuthCode flags with clear authScope enum (ADMIN/USER/EITHER)
- Move all auth-related files into utils/auth/ subdirectory
- Eliminate duplicated admin auth logic between _middleware.js and dualAuth.js
- Fix: user session no longer grants access to admin-only endpoints
- Fix: dualAuth no longer bypasses authCode when admin is not configured
- Update all 17 import references across the codebase
- Preserve original function signatures (userAuthCheck, dualAuthCheck) for zero caller changes
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