Re: prompt type box

PHP can send a 401 header and pop up the little box and then compare it to
info from a DB I saw a tutorial on thickbook.com and also on webmonkey. You
should be able to do the same thing with ASP or Cold Fusion.

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----- Original Message -----
From: <ches(at)io.com>
Cc: <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: prompt type box


| Unfortunatly, the usernames are employee numbers that are not static and
| the passwords,the same. We have to query an informx table and a cmos
| database to obtain these and the security Authentication Prompt Box  will
| not work with this. I think I have the boss convinced that we really need
| to go with an winopen() so that all the authentication happen the way he
| wants them. It is on an enterprise server, the end users are using Mac's
| with Netscape. There will be a max of 10 users at a time.
|
| Sincerely,
| Chiara Francesca
| ches(at)io.com
|
| On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, John Erjavec V wrote:
|
| > Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:39:58 -0500 (CDT)
| > From: John Erjavec V <jev(at)pconline.com>
| > To: ches(at)io.com
| > Cc: hwg-languages(at)hwg.org
| > Subject: Re: prompt type box
| >
| > ches(at)io.com wrote:
| > > I need help. When you go to oh say a netscape page and you click on a
link
| > > that requires a login a grey box appears with a prompt for a user name
and
| > > a password. How do I wrote this!?!?!? I have been raking my brain for
over
| > > a week and I have come up with only this hhctrl file that my boss says
| > > will not work in a mac! AAAAA!! Help!!!
| >
| > Actually, this is security from the web server side, and not from the
| > browser.  In Apache, you set up a directory that is password protected,
you
| > set up the username and password files, and you try to access a file in
the
| > protected directory.  The box prompting you for your username and
password
| > are automatically poped up.  To be helpful with information about this,
we
| > would need to know what server you were running on, and whether you had
| > access to the server configuration files.
| >
| > -JEV
| > --
| > John Erjavec V  ##  spammers-will-be-reported(at)jevonline.com
| >                 ##  http://www.jevonline.com/jev/index.html
| > "I'll say it again for the logic impaired."  -- Larry Wall
| >
|
|

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