> -----Original Message----- > From: Boyle Owen [mailto:Owen.Boyle@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 4:26 AM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [users@httpd] Automatic script execution whenever a > directory is referenced > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Drew.Shelton@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Drew.Shelton@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Montag, 23. Mai 2005 22:35 > > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [users@httpd] Automatic script execution whenever > a directory > > is referenced > > > > > > I want to setup password protection on all files served in a > > directory. I want the authentication to expire without > > relying on the user to kill the browser session, so I'm > > pretty sure I must do that from the server side rather than > > Apache basic authentication because of the browser cache. I > > don't know what the "best" way is to do that, but my idea is > > to configure my directory to have a CGI script run > > automatically before any file within that directory is > > served. Is this possible? > > Not using basic authentication. > > There is no concept of expiration in basic_auth. The browser > sends the credentials with every subsequent request in the > same realm. The only way to "expire" the browser is to shut it down. I know that I can't use basic authentication for expiring passwords. I attempted to say that in my original message. > On the server side, you only ever get a request with or > without an Authorization header. If it's with a valid auth > header, you serve the content. > > The only way to expire logins is with session management (ie, > cookies). But is there a way to trigger a CGI script with every reference to a particular directory? Thanks, Drew --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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