I use apache and .htpassw files to create secure folders for my customers
to access/view.

The problem with this is i have to keep giving out new url's for each
customer

example:

mydomainname .com/customer1/
mydomainname .com/customer2/
mydomainname .com/customer3/
mydomainname .com/customer4/
etc

Can anyone suggest what woud be the best way to create a central screen
login where they enter
the username and password on the home page.

mydomainname .com

and then depending on their username and pass it takes them to the correct
folders.

I only have a general knowledge about such things therefore I would very
much appreciate some advice if anyone understands what I am trying to do.
Is php the way to do this?

Thanks in advance for anyone that can reply

Jim

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:38:53 +0200, Jim <me@privacy.net> wrote:

> I use apache and .htpassw files to create secure folders for my
> customers
> to access/view.
>
> The problem with this is i have to keep giving out new url's for each
> customer
>
> example:
>
> mydomainname .com/customer1/
> mydomainname .com/customer2/
> mydomainname .com/customer3/
> mydomainname .com/customer4/
> etc
>
> Can anyone suggest what woud be the best way to create a central screen
> login where they enter
> the username and password on the home page.
>
> mydomainname .com
>
> and then depending on their username and pass it takes them to the
> correct
> folders.
>
> I only have a general knowledge about such things therefore I would very
> much appreciate some advice if anyone understands what I am trying to do.
> Is php the way to do this?

Does this ?
<http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php>

Possibly also use sessions and/or take advantage of Apache's mod_rewrite.
--
Rik Wasmus

"Rik" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
newsp.twuhgoykqnv3q9@metallium...
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:38:53 +0200, Jim <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> I use apache and .htpassw files to create secure folders for my
>> customers
>> to access/view.
>>
>> The problem with this is i have to keep giving out new url's for each
>> customer
>>
>> example:
>>
>> mydomainname .com/customer1/
>> mydomainname .com/customer2/
>> mydomainname .com/customer3/
>> mydomainname .com/customer4/
>> etc
>>
>> Can anyone suggest what woud be the best way to create a central screen
>> login where they enter
>> the username and password on the home page.
>>
>> mydomainname .com
>>
>> and then depending on their username and pass it takes them to the
>> correct
>> folders.
>>
>> I only have a general knowledge about such things therefore I would very
>> much appreciate some advice if anyone understands what I am trying to do.
>> Is php the way to do this?
>
> Does this ?
> <http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php>
>
> Possibly also use sessions and/or take advantage of Apache's mod_rewrite.
> --
> Rik Wasmus

HI
This appears to work into the same way to my current method with a popup
window username and pass box.
I am trying to create a username/passord box within the webpage like you see
on so many sites, i.e.not a popup

Le Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:38:53 +0100, Jim a écritÂ:

> I use apache and .htpassw files to create secure folders for my
> customers to access/view.
>
> The problem with this is i have to keep giving out new url's for each
> customer
>
> example:
>
> mydomainname .com/customer1/
> mydomainname .com/customer2/
> mydomainname .com/customer3/
> mydomainname .com/customer4/
> etc
>
> Can anyone suggest what woud be the best way to create a central screen
> login where they enter
> the username and password on the home page.
>
> mydomainname .com
>
> and then depending on their username and pass it takes them to the
> correct folders.
>
> I only have a general knowledge about such things therefore I would very
> much appreciate some advice if anyone understands what I am trying to
> do. Is php the way to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance for anyone that can reply
>
> Jim

Helo Jim,

If you don't want to use HTTP-Authentication, then you MUST manage
everything your users can do with a server side script (in PHP/PERL/
Python/C... what ever you want and made available by your hosting
provider)
If users folders are just directory containing listed files, then you MAY
keep your current loggin system. Meanwhile, you can create a server side
script to manage new accounts actions (creating users directory skeleton,
adding username/password to .htpasswd, informing users about their
personnal URL on your server...).

The advice we'll be able to provide mainly depends on what you have and
what you want. I guess I'm out of ideas with the current details.


Julien