Here is a tutorial (written for the CGI::Session module) with a section on how to do membership style sites.
http://search.cpan.org/author/SHERZODR/CGI-Session-3.11/Session/CookBook.pm#MEMBERS_AREA The basic idea is to set a subroutine (included in the tutorial) at the beginning of each protected script. Upon login cookie is set along with a flag in the user's profile that indicates the person is logged in, and each time the script runs the flag is checked to see if it is okay to proceed with the execution of the rest of the script. The only problem I have found with this tutorial is that it doesnt first give an example of how to get users to REGISTER with the system in the first place. After all, how can one login to an account if they havent had some way of registering for an account in the first place? At any rate, if anyone is interested in cranking out some studies on this module with me, then please let me know. I'm learning it too. Thanks, Will --- Vitaliy Babiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can generate keep client's status (session) in > URI or in cookies. > In the case of URI it's quite simple: > In the script login.cgi you just check if login > correct and generate session > string > so link wil look like this > http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/next.cgi?session=567885734957345 > Also you save session string into database with all > requirement data. > > Of course you need to check in scipt next.cgi if > session valid or not. If > valid you can get > all session data from your database. > > > "Admin-Stress" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > How can I check cgi session? mmm .. maybe better I > explain like this: > > > > I just want to make a 'secure site' that need > username and password. So, > the first page of my site > > would be "fill in you username and password", for > example, it will be > placed here : > > > > http://www.mydomain.com/login.html > > > > After that, I will call /cgi-bin/checkpasswd.pl, > if OK then user will be > transfered to another > > page, e.g.: > > > > http://www.mydomain.com/welcome.html > > > > My question, how can I make sure that ONLY ppl > passed checkpasswd.pl can > see that welcome.html > > (and the rest of page). It should be about > checking 'session' or some > other trick ... > > > > Anyone can give me pointer/clues how to do this? > .. in a simplest way .. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
