[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bach) wrote:
>At 11:17 09/07/01 -0500, you wrote:
>>If you want to directly send a file, use:
>>
>> open(DATEI, ...)
>> $r->send_fd(DATEI)
>> close(DATEI)
>>
>>You can do an internal redirect using subrequests, if you want. See
>>$r->lookup_uri().
>
>what kind of object is $r ?
>CGI?
It's the Apache request object. See 'perldoc Apache' or 'perldoc mod_perl'.
>>But I'm not sure why you need to redirect just to authenticate. Can't
>>you just deny access if authentication fails, and allow it if it
>>succeeds?
>
>
>yes, this is what i want to do, but how do I make this over an apache
>handler (or sth. similar)?
>sorry, I'm not that deep in this stuff, but I hope once I'll get it.
It sounds like perhaps you should take a look at the book "Writing
Apache Modules with Perl and C" from O'Reilly. There are many ways you
could do this, and a book like that will give you a sense of the issues
involved.
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