are you using apache? have you looked into mod_perl (http://perl.apache.org/)?
-j
Tuesday, July 04, 2000, 9:20:50 AM, Rajil Saraswat wrote:
RS> thanks for this. but there are certain problems.
RS> once logged in how will i log them out. currently i am using cookies for
RS> authentication which i can change any time.
RS> another problem is that i want them to be logged thru a forms (the way by
RS> which most portals work) and not thru .htaccess Then how do these portals
RS> block their folders for access. Is there some folder/directory blocking
RS> code available without .htaccess ofcourse which can help me out.
RS> thanks once again
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>> On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Peter J. Schoenster wrote:
>>
>> > On 4 Jul 2000, at 0:58, Rajil Saraswat wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > I am developing an application in which the users have to login
>> > > thru a cgi script. onced logged they need to download certain
>> > > files wherein i have placed htaccess file(for security). This
>> >
>> > Just put the .htaccess and login script in the same directory.
>> > They login via .htaccess and that username is then available
>> > to your cgi script ... you can decide what to do with them ...
>> > put files for a group in a folder with an htaccess file that
>> > requires the group they are in and you don't have to worry
>> > about other registered people searching folders they are not
>> > supposed to get files from. Because the user logged in once
>> > he will not have to login again .. as long as you don't change
>> > the domain.
>> >
>> > Peter
>> > Don't blame Microsoft for the weakness of it's users and competitors - Peter J.
>Schoenster
>> >
>> > "I swear by my life and by my love of it that I will never live for the sake of
>another man, nor ask another man to live for
>> > mine." --John Galt
>> >
>> >
>>
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