Re: Logging users

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 19008
interpreted = N
texte = On 7/22/98 12:23 AM Terry Wilson wrote >I'd like to create a log using the [appendfile] context every time a user >successfully goes through the authentication dialog box. I have an >[include]ed custom checker file set up as recommended some time ago here >on the list. When I put the [appendfile] context immediately before >[authenticate user], I do get the log entry, but without the username >(naturally). If I put it after the [authenticate] and before the [/showif], >nothing happens at all. Where can I put the [appendfile] context so it >doesn't register the billion times the user hits a page during his session, >but only the one time he logs in? Seems so simple... On the page they login to. Pass along a value that only the initial login sees, ie trigger=1 all other hits to this page wont see it.yes/no I have other solutions.Robert Minor _________________________________________________________________________ Cybermill Communications webmaster@cybermill.com 8616 Joseph Ave. http://www.cybermill.com St. Louis, MO 63144 (314) 962-4024 _________________________________________________________________________ Purveyors of fine websites and high bandwith. Colocation and domain hosting available. Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Logging users (bob 1998)
  2. Logging users (Terry Wilson 1998)
On 7/22/98 12:23 AM Terry Wilson wrote >I'd like to create a log using the [appendfile] context every time a user >successfully goes through the authentication dialog box. I have an >[include]ed custom checker file set up as recommended some time ago here >on the list. When I put the [appendfile] context immediately before >[authenticate user], I do get the log entry, but without the username >(naturally). If I put it after the [authenticate] and before the [/showif], >nothing happens at all. Where can I put the [appendfile] context so it >doesn't register the billion times the user hits a page during his session, >but only the one time he logs in? Seems so simple... On the page they login to. Pass along a value that only the initial login sees, ie trigger=1 all other hits to this page wont see it.yes/no I have other solutions.Robert Minor _________________________________________________________________________ Cybermill Communications webmaster@cybermill.com 8616 Joseph Ave. http://www.cybermill.com St. Louis, MO 63144 (314) 962-4024 _________________________________________________________________________ Purveyors of fine websites and high bandwith. Colocation and domain hosting available. bob

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