> -----Original Message----- > From: Craig Hagerman [mailto:craighagerman@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 1:53 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Setting up user login? > > Hi, > > Not sure if this is the right place for this question or not. If not, > maybe someone can point me in the right direction. > > I run a Linux server (Ubuntu) running apache 2. I am struggling to try > to figure out how to add login to my web site. I already know about > .htaccess files, but that doesn't seem to be appropriate in this case. > .htaccess to to grant access to a directory. Rather, I want users who > log in to be able to see links and pages only available for registered > users. That is, I want to have a box with username/password on the web > site, then if users enter those and click login, the page will show > registered-user-only content. (Is this clear?) I think this is > probably an apache problem, but can't figure out what I should be > doing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The Basic Authentication mechanism allows you to hide complete directories behind a password challenge. As it's name implies, it's rather "basic". You sound like you want something more sophisticated. To do what you need you need to serve cookies on login and then use the cookie to enable access to individual elements of content on subsequent dynamic pages. All this implies sophisticated server-sided logic that goes way beyond basic apache config. Read up on session management, cookies, closed user groups etc. You'll need technologies like PHP, Cocoon, and so on. BTW, it ain't trivial... Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > Craig Hagerman > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > 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: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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