On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 09:44:22PM +0200, Emiliano wrote:
> Adam Sherman wrote:
>
> > > > I think a form-based logon with a popup menu for context is fine.
> > >
> > > That's allready possible.
> >
> > Oh? Sorry then, how do I set that up?
>
> Midgard will authenticate users in two ways: first, if the browser
> volunteers HTTP auth credentials (as received from the user with the
> usual popup window), it will match against that. If the authentication
> fails that's where the process stops.
>
> If the page or host requires authentication but the browser doesn't
> volunteer credentials, Midgard will look for a cookie named
> MidgardLogin,
> which must contain the (uuencoded, I don't know if that's default
> for cookies) credentials as username:password (or
> username+sitegroup:password).
>
> You can set this cookie with the regular PHP functions. Moreover,
> cookies
> are easier to expire so a relogin using this would actually work more
> reliably than with HTTP auth (which officially doesn't provide it and
> the browser fighting you all the way).
Ah. possible != coded! (-:
I will keep this in mind.
Thanks,
A.
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Adam Sherman
President & Technology Architect
Tritus CGI
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