Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] User Authentication via WMS/WFS?

[Ed McNierney]

Curtis & Paul -   In practice, authentication is more of a user interface concern.  You can't force an application (ESRI's ArcMap, for example) to provide UI to enter a username and password if that application doesn't provide that UI (and it doesn't).  This limits the HTTP authentication options available to WMS providers, and it requires a relatively unpalatable URL (with username and password embedded in it) to support even Basic authentication.   But Curtis, it's hard to tell what your question is when it's only one sentence.  If you can be more specific about what you're trying to do you'll get more specific help and fewer random observations tangentially related to your topic <g>.       - Ed Ed McNierney President and Chief Mapmaker TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc. 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305 North Chelmsford, MA  01863 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (978) 251-4242 From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Ramsey Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 11:28 AM To: MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] User Authentication via WMS/WFS? Curtis, Authentication is more of an HTTP concern, not a WMS concern. Do this at the web server level via Apache or IIS configuration. P On 15-Jul-06, at 11:11 PM, Curtis W. Ruck wrote: Is there a way to force user authentication through WMS/WFS in mapserver?