On Sunday, October 17, 1999 5:24 AM, Miguel A.L. Paraz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to know if this is at all possible with the "stock" modules,
> or if I have to rolly my own.
>
> I want to make a "membership" site where users can access their private
> pages ats http://site/private/username/. /private will map to a script
> (or if the case may be, a module) that just looks at /username/... and
> does something accordingly. I would like the access to be authenticated -
> whether through HTTP authentication, or a username/password dialog
> (any opinions on which to use?)
>
> Then, for accesses to http://site/public/username/, depending on the
> user's preference, they can grant access to the public without authentication,
> or they may restrict it to another set of users.
You can use .htaccess files to let your users specify authentication.
> Since /public and /private are not real directories, AuthenDBI cannot protect
> them, can it?
Sure it can. Authentication can be applied to arbitrary URL's using <Location>.
It doesn't matter what the URL translates to.
>
> Thanks!
> ---m
>
--
Eric
