Re: Authentication -php not installed as module

In article <39685DB0.A0D4B8B@online.no>, voxra@online.no (Randi Andersen) wrote: > I've got a page protected by .htaccess and would like > to remember the user name for the following pages. I > don't think php is installed as a module on my server > (hosting with pair.com) and understand it would need > to be for me to access the $PHP_AUTH_USER variable? > A "phpinfo" page for my configuration is up here: > http://scs.no/test.php3 > > I don't mind passing variables in the URL, but how > can I get to it (the user variable that is)? No can do. The problem is that their username/password would be sniffable if it was passed to CGI (I think) so it ain't ever gonna happen. You may want to re-think your authentication and go with a roll-your-own login page that keeps track of the users, or something like PHPLIB. -- 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!)