Re: [protect] is protecting too much!!!

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Hi there,FYI, I made sure there is no competing realm. No there is no firewall, yet all computers on the LAN could access the pages after entering the password, and no-one outside could. I've now removed the [protect] tags and set it up using realms via WebStar. It worked first time, and it's not worth me spending any more time on it.Regards, TimTim Robinson Art Director imagine online tim@imagine.au.com http://www.imagine.au.com On Wednesday, 14 June 2000, WebDNA Support wrote: >>I am attempting to use the [protect] tag to allow outside users to >>make alterations/additions to a couple of databases. >> >>It worked perfectly when I tested it, but anyone accessing it from >>outside our LAN, gets the message Authorisation Failed when they >>enter the correct user name and password. >> >>I am using WebCat 3.0.4 on Mac G3 OS 9. > >Can you provide a URL and a test page? When you say outside your >LAN, does that imply some kind of firewall? > >>I was reading through piles of entries in the searchable archives, >>and a couple seemed to suggest that the files and DBs should be in >>the WebCatalog folder. So I moved them there and retested. Now, I >>TOO suddenly get Authorisation Failed!!! > >Nope, doesn't matter where the files are. > >Make sure you don't already have a competing REALM configured -- that >would cause WebSTAR and WebCatalog to fight over the >username/password as they each get their own version of it. > >Technical Support ********************************** >Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog) >16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | ------------------------- >San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development >WebCatalog Support: (858) 675-0632 | http://www.smithmicro.com > Fax: (858) 675-0372 >********************************** > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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 >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [protect] is protecting too much!!! (Tim Robinson 2000)
  2. Re: [protect] is protecting too much!!! (WebDNA Support 2000)
  3. [protect] is protecting too much!!! (Tim Robinson 2000)
Hi there,FYI, I made sure there is no competing realm. No there is no firewall, yet all computers on the LAN could access the pages after entering the password, and no-one outside could. I've now removed the [protect] tags and set it up using realms via WebStar. It worked first time, and it's not worth me spending any more time on it.Regards, TimTim Robinson Art Director imagine online tim@imagine.au.com http://www.imagine.au.com On Wednesday, 14 June 2000, WebDNA Support wrote: >>I am attempting to use the [protect] tag to allow outside users to >>make alterations/additions to a couple of databases. >> >>It worked perfectly when I tested it, but anyone accessing it from >>outside our LAN, gets the message Authorisation Failed when they >>enter the correct user name and password. >> >>I am using WebCat 3.0.4 on Mac G3 OS 9. > >Can you provide a URL and a test page? When you say outside your >LAN, does that imply some kind of firewall? > >>I was reading through piles of entries in the searchable archives, >>and a couple seemed to suggest that the files and DBs should be in >>the WebCatalog folder. So I moved them there and retested. Now, I >>TOO suddenly get Authorisation Failed!!! > >Nope, doesn't matter where the files are. > >Make sure you don't already have a competing REALM configured -- that >would cause WebSTAR and WebCatalog to fight over the >username/password as they each get their own version of it. > >Technical Support ********************************** >Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog) >16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | ------------------------- >San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development >WebCatalog Support: (858) 675-0632 | http://www.smithmicro.com > Fax: (858) 675-0372 >********************************** > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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 >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Tim Robinson

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