Hello Everyone,
We supposed that we could enhance security to our server by
setting up our own password system, pulling passwords from
our Mysql db as opposed to relying on .htaccess. Since our
system will span over a couple of domains and permit access
to dozens of folders, we need a system that is congenial
to the multiple concept. The thought of having 2 dozen
.htaccess files with thousands of passwords in each is a
nightmarish proposal.
While I am a newbie in perl, my co-programmer is experienced
in perl but does not know how to accomplish this in perl.
He says he knows precisely how to do it in PHP, but our system
has been built in perl.
We need to do two things. We need to be able to trigger the
Username/Password box in the cgi directory with a cgi file,
and we need to know what variables to use to retrieve this
information from the box. We need this information for
comparison with the passwords in our database.
I have been able to trigger the box with the .htaccess file,
but we are trying to escape the .htaccess method.
Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated, even
if it is only a link. I have so far examined over three
dozen pages without finding what we are looking for.
Thanks,
Bill Platt
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