Check the $PHP_AUTH_USER variable. I think that once you go thru the restricted area and log on, you AUTH is carried in the browser thru unrestricted areas too. Check by looking at phpinfo() on a unrestricted page after you go thru the restricted area and logon. Thanx Aaron N Wagner Monitoring Systems and Network Tools CCO-Command Center Operations 804.515.6298 > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Tangren [mailto:bjt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 1:32 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [users@httpd] content filtering by access > > Hi, > > I'm new to this forum, so I hope this question is being > directed to the proper > place. > > I run an apache server (2.0.52), and I have a number of > employees here who > access restricted pages via > > <Directory ...> > AuthUserFile conf/htpasswd.users > </Directory> > > I have had no problems implementing this. > > What I would like to do is to create .php web pages, in > *non-restricted* > directories, that will have content that *is* restricted to > those that pass the > test above. For example, when an employee goes to a > nonrestricted page, he/she > sees "Hi stranger!" on the page, whereas when joe public goes > there, he does not. > > I'm looking at > > http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.apache.php > > which could be promising, but I'm unclear on what variable to > check on. > > Has anyone tried something like this, or know how I should proceed? > > TIA, > > Bill Tangren > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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