Re: authenticating a second user
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14379
interpreted = N
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 page protected with another password.The answer to the question you *don't* ask is that this is not a good way to deal with security issues. You should never leave your workstation in the 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 page protected with another password.The answer to the question you *don't* ask is that this is not a good way to deal with security issues. You should never leave your workstation in the 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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