On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 17:06, Dan Muey wrote: > Howdy group! > > Here's something I was wondering if anyone had experience with. > > If I create a login form with html that takes a username and password. > > What do I need to do to make a script that will take that input > and log the user in to an apache .htaccess protected directory? > > Is it a certain format header or ??? > > Or would I have to use mod_perl and create a whole separate authentication scheme? > > I'd like to do this: > > 1) Html form sends user an password to login.pl > 2) login.pl makes sure the info is valid and if it is sends > them to http://www.domain.com/admin/ along with the authentication info. > > So the user's process would be this: type in info -> press submit -> Either an Error > or they're in. > And if they went directly to http://www.domain.com/admin/ they'd get > the standard login popup form the browser. > > Any info would be most appreciated.
Have a look at the following on CPAN: http://search.cpan.org/search?query=Apache%3AAuth&mode=module Most are implemented via mod_perl. Hope this helps, -- Kevin Old <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
