Ian,
the perl script is under the folder /cgi-bin and the index page is under the
folder htdocs/sikkandar/.
How do I restrict the visitors not to access /cgi-bin/test.pl directly ... ?
It seems, we have to do something on httpd.conf file, right ?
Thanks
Sikkandar.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: Authentication.
> Sikkandar
>
> Put the script in a folder that is not directly accessible on the website,
eg:
>
> Web Server
> |
> ___ cgi-bin/test.pl
> |
> ___docroot/home.htlm
>
> If site visitors do not have rights to anywhere but docroot they will not
> be able to get at your script.
>
> Ian
>
> At 15:17 14/04/2001 +0300, you wrote:
> >Dear Friends,
> >
> >I am using Apache webserver 1.3.19. I have added ".htaccess" into the
root
> >directory i.e ../htdocs, so that the user required Authentication to
> >access the files under this directory. Actually one of the html file
calls
> >the ../cgi-bin/test.pl script (<FORM Action="/cgi-bin/test.pl"
> >METHOD=POST>). Once the form is submitted, the test.pl script will be
> >executed and print the result into the browser.
> >
> >The problem is, I can able to directly call the script without any
> >authentication like http://my-server/cgi-bin/test.pl.NA?userid=sikkandar
> >. I do not want anyone to access the script directly like above. Does any
> >one help me, how do I restrict this.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Sikkandar.
>
