Re: Setting user/password with a form.
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 29429
interpreted = N
texte = on 3/21/2000 7:07 PM, Brice Le Blevennec at brice@exmachina.be wrote:> I did it sucessfully using the following tricks: > 1) login.html : create a form with field username and password > and an action pointing to redir1.tpl with method=post > 2) on redir1.tpl put simply: > [redirect http://[username]:[password]@www.yoursite.com/redir2.tpl] > 3) on redir2.tpl put the following meta tag in the header of the page: >
CONTENT=0;URL=http://www.yoursite.com/protectedpage.tpl> > 4) on protectedpage.tpl and following use the usual [protect groupname] tag > > I use it daily since I found it (and sent my trick to the list), > a few month ago. Works fine in both Explorer and Netscape in both > SSL and normal http. BriceI can't tell you how much this came perfectly timed with a project I'm working on. I just got off the phone with a client telling him the we would have to go with standard authentication and was ready to start in on it. Whew. Great problem solver. Question: why is the redir2.tpl page necessary? what happens if you redirect out of the first page straight to the protected page?Mike ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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on 3/21/2000 7:07 PM, Brice Le Blevennec at brice@exmachina.be wrote:> I did it sucessfully using the following tricks: > 1) login.html : create a form with field username and password > and an action pointing to redir1.tpl with method=post > 2) on redir1.tpl put simply: > [redirect http://[username]:[password]@www.yoursite.com/redir2.tpl] > 3) on redir2.tpl put the following meta tag in the header of the page: > CONTENT=0;URL=http://www.yoursite.com/protectedpage.tpl> > 4) on protectedpage.tpl and following use the usual [protect groupname] tag > > I use it daily since I found it (and sent my trick to the list), > a few month ago. Works fine in both Explorer and Netscape in both > SSL and normal http. BriceI can't tell you how much this came perfectly timed with a project I'm working on. I just got off the phone with a client telling him the we would have to go with standard authentication and was ready to start in on it. Whew. Great problem solver. Question: why is the redir2.tpl page necessary? what happens if you redirect out of the first page straight to the protected page?Mike ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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