Re: restricting access to files using PHP

Shams -- ..and then Shams said... % .. % I'm interested in your solution David, what is the format of the external % auth script that you use.. is there some kind of return you have to give % .htaccess ? Yep. It's just a simple perl script; it's attached for reference. % % Also, is there no way I can allow a user to login using a PHP login script, % and then pass the "username" and "password" over to .htaccess to verify ? Dunno about that one, but since you can tell .htaccess to run your php script to verify you should get the same results... % % Thanks for the help, Sure thing! % % Shams HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) davidtg@justpickone.org * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) davidtgwork@justpickone.org -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!

#!/usr/bin/perl $user = <>; chomp($user); $pass = <>; chomp($pass); exit(2) if($user =~ /^root$/); exit(3) if($user =~ /[^a-zA-Z0-9_@.-]/); open(CHKPW,"| /home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /bin/true 3<&0 >&2"); print CHKPW $user,"\0"; print CHKPW $pass,"\0"; print CHKPW time(),"\0"; if(not close(CHKPW)) { exit(4); }