This sounds like you want a PerlAuthenHandler for that. http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/handlers/http.html#HTTP_Request_Cycle_Phases
> Josh Narins Director of Application Development SeniorBridge 845 Third Ave 7th Floor New York, NY 10022 Tel: (212) 994-6194 Mobile: (917) 488-6248 Fax: (212) 994-4260 jnar...@seniorbridge.com SeniorBridge Managing Complex Chronic Care http://www.seniorbridge.com SeniorBridge Statement of Confidentiality: The contents of this email message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email by an unintended or mistaken recipient is strictly prohibited. In said event, kindly reply to the sender and destroy all entries of this message and any attachments from your system. Thank you.-----Original Message----- > From: Timon Roth [mailto:timon.r...@digitalforce.ch] > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:49 AM > To: modperl > Subject: acces control via cookies for webdirectories > > hello list > > i try to figure out, how to protect webspace with mod_perl. the > situation is like this: > > someone wants to access a certrain file on the webserver. if he have a > cookie set, this one will be validatet by a remote database and, > if the database allow the access, the access to the directory will be > allowed. > > i tryed it with the <location /custom-content>-directive like this: > > <Location /custom-content> > SetHandler perl-script > PerlHandler Test::MyAccess > </Location> > > in the module i figure out the cookie from the %ENV-hash, validate it > and i can make a decision, if the request is allowed or not. > > my problem now is, of i redirect th the directory, the access-process > falls into an infinte loop..:-( > > i would like to shown now the content of this directory and even more, > php-scripts in it must then be displayed and executed, and sent back to > the client. > > thanks for your help and any ideas! > > gruess from switzerland, > timon > -- > Timon Roth, Triemlistrasse 92, 8047 Zürich > +4143 8174031,+4179 6365728, skype: timon.roth > timon.r...@digitalforce.ch, www.digitalforce.ch > http://tel.search.ch/zuerich/triemlistrasse-92/timon-roth
