By the way there are tons of other options besides PHP and PERL I should have said "any scripting language such as PHP or PERL"
On Dec 30, 2007 12:15 PM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are going to need to use PHP or PERL and create a login box, tie > it into a backend DB such as MySQL or PostGRES or even just a flat > file. > A ton of examples can be found here... > http://www.hotscripts.com/search?q=authentication&cat=All > > The easiest way is probably a simple PHP script that checks for the > presence of an authentication cookie, and if not present then it will > direct the user to a login box for the pages being viewed. > Something along the lines of > > <?php > $auth = $_COOKIE['auth']; > if(!$auth){ > die("You must login to view this page!"); > }else{ > ShowPage(); > } > ?> > > Sincerely, > Steve Morrey > > > On Dec 30, 2007 12:08 PM, Jeff Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am not going to bore you with 'why' but this is what I want to do: > > Authenticate a user behind the apache authentication from the server-side. > > Basically I want to get rid of the box if I have a password area on apache. > > > > The user would provide their credentials in the login form of <insert > > your web app or framework here> and the web app would make a call or run > > a command that tells apache that the current user is trying to > > authenticate. Apache processes the request just like it had come from > > the http request packet in the user agent. > > > > I am not interested in alternatives to this, as I have thought of many > > of them already, and rejected them. > > Any and all insight is appreciated, even if you don't have a solution. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jeff Anderson > > > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
