> -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Moran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Dienstag, 31. Januar 2006 00:38 > To: users@httpd.apache.org > Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTTP auth and custom login pages > > > We have a bunch of folders protected by htaccess valid-user > directives, > but management has decided that they want a nice login page > rather than > the browser prompting for a username and password. > > Is it possible to create a form page that then sends the auth > information to apache via POST or some such?
That's not how basic auth works. There's no real login or session from the server's POV. The browser has to get a 401 Unauthorized before it knows that the resource is protected. That's what makes it prompt for a user/pass. Then it caches the credentials and submits them with every subsequent request in that realm. To do what "the management" want, you need to build a session and that means cookies and server-sided logic (PHP, CGI, Cocoon etc..) > I'd hate to have to > come up with an entirely new authentication scheme. > .htaccess files are > so damn convenient. To expand on Nick's point about server performance - it's a common misconception that Auth directives *have* to go in a .htacess file. In fact, they can also go straight into the config in a suitable <Directory> container. Then the config is loaded in memory and it's pretty fast. If the directives are in a .htacess file, it has to be opened, read into memory and closed *for every request* in that dir (this is in case anything has changed in the file since the last request). Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > --Andy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Diese E-mail ist eine private und persönliche Kommunikation. Sie hat keinen Bezug zur Börsen- bzw. Geschäftstätigkeit der SWX Gruppe. This e-mail is of a private and personal nature. It is not related to the exchange or business activities of the SWX Group. Le présent e-mail est un message privé et personnel, sans rapport avec l'activité boursière du Groupe SWX. This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
