Hey Dan, I just wanted to note that CouchDB does only provide per database reader ACL. So you need to have one database per user in order to protect a users content from unauthorized access (remember any user with read access can read ALL documents in the particular database).
and btw: AFAIK jQuery is only used for the XHR stuff, but jQuery is a very nice library, well maintained and successfully used by many people. Best Sebastian On 14.08.2010, at 20:18, whims...@aol.com wrote: > Okay. So if you look at netflix or other sites they all have standard > behaviors. > Login, Signup, Forgot Password, Remember me on this computer. > > I am building two sites right now. One that allows users to track their > nutrition, and another which allows them > to edit audio for video proects -- two separate projects and I am going to > try to build them with couchdb because > it is easy to understand so far. > > The way netflix works is fine. If they try to access a page they are not > authorized to use then it defaults back to the sign-up page. > I'm not sure how this is done. > > If they are logged in they can enter and save new data and view their data. > > So those are the features I need to build these projects with couchdb instead > of php and mysql. I would prefer not to use the jquery libraries because I > really don't want to rely on external libraries with pages and pages of > linked code that I don't understand. > > I am an experienced javascript programmer and work with a few php/mysql guys > but I am tired of relying on them. I am just learning about servers and > databases. So far I have setup a linux server and am successfully using > couchdb with the help of a few books and the wiki and the folks on this > mailing list. But, I seem to be stuck on the authentication issues. I would > just like to see a non jquery version of an html page that does all this or a > tutorial. > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Bisbee <s...@sbisbee.com> > To: user@couchdb.apache.org > Sent: Sat, Aug 14, 2010 10:39 am > Subject: Re: confused about authentication in php vs couchdb > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:06:47PM -0400, whims...@aol.com wrote: > >> How do you do the sort of authentication that happens in php mysql with > > couchdb? > > > > As you can see from Chris's reply, there is a lot of things that you can do > > with auth and couchdb. The most basic set up is creating accounts and using > > HTTP Basic authentication. > > > >> I sort of understand how php authentication works sort of...you can > >> dynamically write pages depending on the credentials of a user. The > >> credentials are checked against the mysql database and then stored in php > >> somehow > > > > What are you using MySQL for in your environment? > > > >> Using HTTP apache authentication I can hide certain webpages from certain > >> users unless their credentials are sent each time using some mechanism. I > >> understand how to do this in php. > > > > You can do this same thing in your Apache config, your CouchDB config, your > PHP > > code, or all three if you're crazy enough. > > > > I think it would be helpful if you gave us an idea of what you're building and > > your application's environment, so that we can give you more targeted > guidance. > > > > Cheers, > > > > -- > > Sam Bisbee > > www.sbisbee.com > > >
