Hi,

Thanks for your reply, just had a thought: How secure would it be if I made 
sure that the URL of the browser was www.mycms.com and only allow access to 
pages in the /cms folder if true?

Is this safe or an easy hack?


"Wolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
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> So, swap your CMS logins to use the same access code for the user, then
> use sessions to swap the mysql stuff in where needed.
>
> Or make it use a mysql call from the CMS login to access their mysql
> information from another table and do it that way.
>
> 1 login, 1 password, very user friendly.
>
> And only 1 place to have to worry about changing files.
>
> HTH,
>
> Wolf
>
>
> Shaun wrote:
>> I see your point, the only problem is that the user will have already 
>> logged
>> once into the CMS, logging in again would be a little frustrating and not
>> very user friendly...
>>
>>
>> ""Weber Sites LTD"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>>> I think that you are looking at this from the wrong angle.
>>> What you should do, is password protect all CMS directories
>>> And then, anyone that needs access has to punch in a valid
>>> Username and password.
>>>
>>> Have a look at : http://sourceforge.net/projects/modauthmysql/
>>>
>>> Sincerely
>>>
>>> berber
>>>
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>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Shaun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 2:52 PM
>>> To: php-general@lists.php.net
>>> Subject: Re: [PHP] Including files from another site
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your reply, sorry I should have been a little clearer in my
>>> explanation. Here goes...
>>>
>>> I have a dedicated UNIX server with many websites on it. On this server 
>>> I
>>> have also created a Content Management System which has a database which 
>>> I
>>> use to store HTML content for all the other websites. Each website has a
>>> database connection to the CMS database to retrieve the HTML for its
>>> pages.
>>>
>>> Each website that uses its own database has a folder called /cms and in
>>> here
>>> I keep all the database admin scripts for that website. I want these 
>>> pages
>>> to only be accessible from within the CMS website and nothing else. So
>>> when
>>> the user is in the CMS they can click on database admin and it will
>>> include
>>> the pages in that websites /cms folder.
>>>
>>> My Question is how can I ensure that the CMS is the only website that 
>>> can
>>> access these scripts securely?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your advice.
>>>
>>>
>>> ""Weber Sites LTD"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>>>> I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to do.
>>>> What is the connection between frames and security?
>>>>
>>>> In general, assuming that all users have access to The same scripts,
>>>> you need to include in all of your Scripts some kind of security logic
>>>> that tells the Script which user can do what.
>>>>
>>>> Usually you would want to also allow group access Rather then user
>>>> access for easier maintenance.
>>>>
>>>> You should keep a user table with user, password And privileges. There
>>>> are endless ways to do this And you need to choose what is best for
>>>> your site.
>>>>
>>>> Have a look at some relevant code examples:
>>>> http://www.weberdev.com/AdvancedSearch.php?searchtype=title&search=aut
>>>> h
>>>>
>>>> berber
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Shaun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 12:46 PM
>>>> To: php-general@lists.php.net
>>>> Subject: [PHP] Including files from another site
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have created a CMS where all sites on our server are administrated
>>>> from one central site, and HTML content is stored in the CMS database.
>>>>
>>>> I want users to all control their sites database functions from the
>>>> CMS site, but I want to keep the database and database admin scripts
>>>> in the individual website account to keep things simple. So I need
>>>> want to be able to include these scripts within the CMS site but keep
>>>> them secure. I have tried using frames but I can't keep a session
>>>> going in the database admin scripts, is there a better way to do this?
>>>>
>>>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
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