Re: authenticating a second user
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texte = >This was posted on the webstar talk but could me even more useful here.>>>>>>>For all the programming I've done in html, I've not found a way to force>>>>>>the dialogue box requesting the user name and password without using>realms>>>>>>or the Lasso security databases.>>>>>If you were using Typhoon, I could show you how to do this -- VERY>>>>>EASILY. And no, it does not require the use of the Typhoon database>>>>>... but you could use it if you wanted to ... :)>>>>>>You are interresting me, I would like to do the same with Webcatalog>>>(which use WebDNA too). Can you share with us the scripts you uses ?>>>>Use either the [PROTECT] or the [AUTHENTICATE] tags. It's in the docs - or>>take a look at the TeaRoom or General Store examples.>>What happens when a user has already authenticate himself on a>workstation (with a valid ID) and a NEW user using the same computer>(without relaunching the browser) comes in. There is no way I know to>force the authenticating dialog box to appear as the previous user has>already registered. It would be useful to have way to shwo up the dialog>box.The answer to the question you ask is to point the second user to a pageprotected with another password.The answer to the question you *don't* ask is that this is not a good wayto deal with security issues. You should never leave your workstation inthe hands of someone else when you're logged into a protected area. ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Art director S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Ljusa Ideer AB Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se
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>This was posted on the webstar talk but could me even more useful here.>>>>>>>For all the programming I've done in html, I've not found a way to force>>>>>>the dialogue box requesting the user name and password without using>realms>>>>>>or the Lasso security databases.>>>>>If you were using Typhoon, I could show you how to do this -- VERY>>>>>EASILY. And no, it does not require the use of the Typhoon database>>>>>... but you could use it if you wanted to ... :)>>>>>>You are interresting me, I would like to do the same with Webcatalog>>>(which use WebDNA too). Can you share with us the scripts you uses ?>>>>Use either the
[protect] or the
[authenticate] tags. It's in the docs - or>>take a look at the TeaRoom or General Store examples.>>What happens when a user has already authenticate himself on a>workstation (with a valid ID) and a NEW user using the same computer>(without relaunching the browser) comes in. There is no way I know to>force the authenticating dialog box to appear as the previous user has>already registered. It would be useful to have way to shwo up the dialog>box.The answer to the question you ask is to point the second user to a pageprotected with another password.The answer to the question you *don't* ask is that this is not a good wayto deal with security issues. You should never leave your workstation inthe hands of someone else when you're logged into a protected area. ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Art director S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Ljusa Ideer AB Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se
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