Re: basic realm

In article <00b201bfe7ef$947419e0$0100a8c0@win98>, bmurphy@maximumhost.net ("B. Keith Murphy") wrote: > I am working on a authentication procedure and I keep seeing reference to a > "basic realm". My understanding is that it is a directory on the web server > that the files in it are protected by the authentication scheme. So you > would just dump the files you want to protect in that directory, and bingo > you are done. Is that right?? And if so, am I right in assuming that that > the directory is located in you "root" php directory?? My understanding of "realm" is rather different: When you authenticate a user, you do so for a "realm", which is really just a unique string to identify some portion of your web-site. If you change the "realm", you force the user to re-authenticate for that new realm. I think this is cumulative: The user is now authenticated for both "realms". While you generally connect a realm to a particular section of your site by choosing a sub-directory of the site to match up with that realm, I think it really only matters what headers go out about which realm they are in. Disclaimer: I'm not sure I have this all correct in my poor little head. -- Richard Lynch | If this was worth $$$ to you, buy a CD US Customer Support Director | from one of the artists listed here: Zend Technologies USA | http://www.L-I-E.com/artists.htm http://www.zend.com | (this has nothing to do with Zend, duh!)