get id/pwd from .htaccess/.pwd control ?

[Josselin]

If I don't want to implement a login page, but only .htaccess security
control from Apache server...
is there any way to get the id/pwd data in a php script to redirect the
identified guy into his own area ?

thanks for your tips

Joss

[NC]

Josselin wrote:

If I don't want to implement a login page, but only .htaccess security
control from Apache server...
....Then you need to decide if you want Basic or Digest
authentication...
is there any way to get the id/pwd data in a php script to redirect the
identified guy into his own area ?

Your question is ambiguous. What do you mean when you say "id/pwd
data"? Is it the data that user enters into the authentication dialog
box or data about valid user names and passwords that Apache stores in
a password file?

Read these documents and ask your question again if you still have it
after you're done:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/auth.html
http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php

Cheers,
NC

[Josselin]

On 2006-03-11 19:20:45 +0100, "NC" <[e-mail]> said:

Josselin wrote:

If I don't want to implement a login page, but only .htaccess security
control from Apache server...

...Then you need to decide if you want Basic or Digest
authentication...

is there any way to get the id/pwd data in a php script to redirect the
identified guy into his own area ?

Your question is ambiguous. What do you mean when you say "id/pwd
data"? Is it the data that user enters into the authentication dialog
box or data about valid user names and passwords that Apache stores in
a password file?

Read these documents and ask your question again if you still have it
after you're done:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/auth.html
http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php

Cheers, NC

Thanks, got it... it was the data the user enters ( auser/apwd) and
once validated
redirect is done to a dedicated page -> xxx_auser.html
it works... I also read infos about http-auth security limitations but
it's rather good for the kind of protection I need (not so high...)

Joss