Sudheer, Another simple alternative is to pass the id to each site, and then make a cookie out of the id. If the user has the cookie then they authenticate, else, send them back to sign in at my.example2.com Sincerely, rob http://phpyellow.com === Sudheer wrote: >Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:06:52 +0530 >From: Sudheer Satyanarayana <sudheer.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Single Sign On >Hi, > >We have three web sites >a) example1.com >b) example2.com >c) my.example2.com > > >Our sites include exclusive pages for registered users. All user account >management tasks are handled by my.example2.com including registration, >modification, cancellation, etc. We would like to create a single sign >on system for all the three web sites. The user would sign on with a >single username and password to all three web sites. For example, when >the user visits a membership page in example1.com he would be prompted >to sign on to his account. His credentials are stored in >my.example2.com. my.example2.com is now fully functional. After the >successful sign on, the user would be redirected to original membership >page in example1.com. > >How would I pass the information from my.example2.com to example1.com >about the authentication status of user? > >We use MySQL database to store and retrieve user account details in >my.example2.com. The web host does not allow remote database connections. > >Thanks, >Sudheer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
