Authentication through a login form

I want to replace the popup dialog box that occurs when a user accesses a password protected area, with a login screen. How do I do that? Someone told me I had to use a cookie to say the person is logged on and read it whenever I needed to verify their access. Is it possible to trap the request made to the browser for a username/password and then pass these back to the server whenever the server requires authentication? ======================================================================= Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZ - http://pdunford.godzone.net.nz/ Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. -- Psalm 1:1 http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/todaysverse.cgi?day=20010125 ======================================================================= Created by Mail2Sig - http://pdunford.godzone.net.nz/software/mail2sig/