I'm not saying with that example you should leave it the way I posted it,
where access is global. In fact I agree with you. The user and pwd should be
verified on a user basis for something so open as the example. But what I do
say, is that I do not recommend allowing http access to this script if it
will be accessable to the internet. Even SSL is not bullet proof, but
atleast it's not plain text.

'CLEAR-FILE DATA VOC'  is exactly the reason it should be behind some kind
of encryption, or even better yet (DOS /c 'FORMAT C: | y') or (SH -c
'rm -r').  I did'nt mean to give anything other than a clear cut example,
but the example is like giving a hacker a back door to the command line, so
be safe with it. That's really all I can say.

In most of my uses the user an pwd are defined behind the scenes because the
server is out to do a specific chore. Like in a POS E-Commerce site. You
don't allow your customers access to your database, but you do allow your
servers to retrieve information from the database.

Vance


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> Vance: "I'm looking forward to having the user type 'CLEAR-FILE DATA VOC'
and
> clicking the submit button. Watch the fur fly."
>
> Ian the example is just that :)  It's not really meant, at least as far as
I go, to actually execute in that manner.  It's just an example of how to
talk to a session so THAT you can build something better.
>    A lot of us have a problem getting our foot in the door without at
least some kind of simple example to start with.
> Will
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