Hi,
I think mod_rewrite (URI Translation) get called
before Apache::AuthenDBI/AuthzDBI, so mod_rewrite has
no way of knowing which group a user belongs to.
You'll probably need to write your own customized
handler(s) to do what you want.
Take care,
dak
--- Craig Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Server: Linux RH 6.1, Apache 1.3.9/mod_perl
> Problem involves Apache::AuthenDBI, AuthzDBI &
> mod_rewrite
>
> I realize my question isn't really mod_perl based
> (more mod_rewrite) however I've searched everywhere
> for a solution to this and so far have come up
> short. However since my problem directly involves
> Apache::AuthenDBI/AuthzDBI I'm hoping perhaps
> someone here has crossed a similar situation.
>
> I'm currently authenticating users thru MySQL. This
> work perfectly no problems.
>
> Now the issue lies is that my users fall under three
> categories (groups) and currently I can validate
> users if they belong to any one of these three
> categories.
>
> <snip>
> require group admin standard basic
> </snip>
>
> The problem with this is all three users currently
> will wind up initially going to the same CGI script.
> Where it rechecks their information and then
> redirects them to the appropriate area. I don't
> like this because it creates an extra process on the
> server per login which means now three processes per
> login (HTTPD, DBI, CGI). On top of that it isn't
> transparent to the user which I personally dislike.
>
> A solution I was looking at to solve both my
> concerns was using mod_rewrite however so far I have
> only been successful in having it do redirections
> based on the username of the individual...not the
> group. This is useless to me as usernames and the
> groups they belong are added/removed constantly and
> I don't want to be hardcoding all the usernames for
> each group manually.
>
> So my question is this:
>
> Has anyone been successful (or have any theories) in
> redirecting a user using mod_rewrite based on the
> group the user belongs to?\
>
> Once again I apologize for this being off topic but
> I'm at my wits end with this :(
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Craig Vincent
> Senior Webmaster/Programmer
>
>
>
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Atipat Rojnuckarin
Parke-Davis Pharm. Res.
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