These are a non-programmers thoughts. For problems like this I delegate :)
.htaccess and phpbb are two different things that just happen to share the same backend for usernames and passwords. I have two php apps that authenticate users against the same LDAP backend, but users have to log in twice as I have not unified the two apps (one is a very large webmail/groupware package and the other is a home brew management console). I have not used phpbb in a few years, but perhaps phpbb can be made to authenticate via .htaccess, then the browser caches the uid/pw for file access as well. Another option is to use a virtual file system where the files are stored in MySql. A quick prayer to god (aka google) pointed me to this site: http://www.phpbbhacks.com specifically: http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/2128 and http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/251 and http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/4118 http://horde.org has a whole suite of apps that can share the same session. hope this helps On Wednesday 14 September 2005 01:01, Darcy Brodie wrote: > I am trying to use the username and passwords from SubDreamer CMS / > phpBB Bulletin Board (usernames and passwords are stored in MySQL) to > allow a registered user access to a protected directory on the same web > site (a members area). I would enclose the documents into the CMS, > which would make it easy to only allow registered users, however, most > of the documents that I have in there are pdf's. > > I have successsfully been able to connect the .htaccess > authentication to the MySQL database (using mod_auth_mysql), however, > this is where I am having the problems. Currently, when a user logs > into the CMS / Bulletin Board, it allows him extra pages on the web > site. But if he wants to goto the members page for these pdf files, he > has to log in again. I am looking to create a single login that would > allow him to (a) log into the CMS / Bulletin Board, and (b) this would > allow him access to the members area without having to re-submit his > username / password. As a safety, I would want it so that if someone > attempts to directly access a file in the members area, that it would > ask for a valid username and password (here, I am not concerned if it > logs him into the CMS system or not) > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks > > Darcy > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying
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