On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Geoffrey Young wrote:

> > Since the authentication happens on every trip into the server, and I
> > don't want to run my code (to set up an Apache::Session for the user's
> > session data) until I'm sure I have a valid user on my hands, I can't
> > see a way to do the session setup only the first time after a sucessful
> > login.
>
> can't you do this in authen_cred()?  IIRC authen_cred is only called when no
> cookie is found, which means you have a first time visit (or an unsuccessful

Yes, do it in authen_cred() after you have checked the credentials, but before
returning the username.  authen_cred() is only called when you submit the login
form.

Regards,
Michael Schout (AuthCookie maintainer).

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