>Hi Khaled.
>
>The way I've always done it is if the user needs to login in order to see a
>page I pass the page to the login script that sets a session variable. Upon
>successful login, I then check for that session variable and bounce them
>back to the page that referred them.
>
><cfif not isdefined("session.loggedin")>
> <cflocation url="{path to login}?referrer=#CGI.script_name#"
>addtoken="no">
></cfif>
>
>On the login page, see if "referrer" is being passed in:
>
><cfif isdefined("URL.referrer")>
> <cfset session.loginReferrer = URL.referrer>
></cfif>
>
>After the user has authenticated, bounce them back to where they came from:
>
><cfif isDefined("session.loginReferrer")>
> <cflocation url="{your site url}#session.loginReferrer#" addtoken="no">
></cfif>
>
>The reason I've used a session var is in case they fail the authentication
>the variable persists. You can pass the referrer as a hidden form variable
>if you want instead, whatever your preference is.
>
>Mike
>
>
>
>
>Hi
>I have been away from CF for a few years and I am re-learning my old skills.
>I'm actually kinda of embarrassed to have to post on the newbie list again
>:)
>
>Say you're trying to access an area of a website that requires me to be
>logged in- a shopping cart for example. So it automatically sends you to the
>login page, and after login it sends you back to the shopping cart. What's
>the best way to do this with CF?
>
>I remember in the early days of Fusebox there was a custom tag by Steve
>Nelson (returnfuseaction). Is that still a good way to achieve the above
>goal? And if so, can someone remind me how to use it?
>Thanks
>Khaled
Hi MIke,
In my case i am using an LDAP authentication and i need that users be bounced
back after authentication. Is there another way whiothout adding anything in
the loginpage ?
thanks
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