Hello. Don't know if it will be useful to you, but you can try CGI::Session or Apache::Session modules I read some about in www.cpan.org and found them very useful.
They create cookies to maintain a user's session. Users need to authenticate via username and password. After that you can use the cookie for allowing access on your site. I personally haven't used them because my host doesn't support those modules, but what I have read seems very nice. -rm- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yannick Warnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "perl beginners list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 10:50 AM Subject: http authentication via perl CGI script? > Hi all, > > I'm having a hard time finding how an http authentication works and how > it could be used with a file containing the logins and pass I want the > user's entry to be compared to. > > So in more details the present situation is: > - I have a file containing the logins and pass from some users > - I have a perl CGI script looking if there is a certain cookie > - if the cookie is there I can display the web page > - if the cookie is not there I pop up a 401 and ask the user for login > and pass > > And I want to get those login and pass the user enters and check them > with the contents of my file. I read somewhere there was no way to get > the password, but I am able to get it using php (with the > $HTTP_AUTH_PASSW var). So I'm confused... > > Is there any nice location where I can learn more about this or a > general solution (I would be pleased not to use a separate form to get > the user's login and pass but I think I will do that while not finding a > solution). > > Thanks all, > > Yannick > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
