Re: Authentication issue

This WebDNA talk-list message is from

2006


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 63774
interpreted = N
texte = You have to write your own authentication system to do what you're trying to do. You'd need to set a cookie, and use that cookie to store the username / password combo of the user. Then on every page you'd have to validate that information and if it was incorrect send them back to the login page. On Jan 6, 2006, at 7:52 PM, Patrick McCormick wrote: > I need to get a better understanding of how WNDA handles > authentication > > I want to provide a form on a home page that allows a user to enter > their username and password and click enter. > > The destination page has a [protect] but I would rather not have > the authentication dialog appear. It seems like WDNA doesn't use > the form fields [username] and [password] like I expected. I can > display [username] and [password] within [formvariables], but not > by themselves (!?) > > Also, the username and password entered into the form seem to be > independent variables from those entered into an authenticate dialog. > > How can I synchronize the authentication user/pass with inputs from > a form? I'd like the values entered into the form on the first page > to simply handle authentication. -- Jesse Proudman Blue Box Group, LLC Personalized, Professional Web Solutions for Your Business p. +1.800.613.4305 x801 e. jesse@blueboxgrp.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Authentication issue ( Patrick McCormick 2006)
  2. Re: Authentication issue ( John Peacock 2006)
  3. Re: Authentication issue ( Jesse Proudman 2006)
  4. Authentication issue ( Patrick McCormick 2006)
You have to write your own authentication system to do what you're trying to do. You'd need to set a cookie, and use that cookie to store the username / password combo of the user. Then on every page you'd have to validate that information and if it was incorrect send them back to the login page. On Jan 6, 2006, at 7:52 PM, Patrick McCormick wrote: > I need to get a better understanding of how WNDA handles > authentication > > I want to provide a form on a home page that allows a user to enter > their username and password and click enter. > > The destination page has a [protect] but I would rather not have > the authentication dialog appear. It seems like WDNA doesn't use > the form fields [username] and [password] like I expected. I can > display [username] and [password] within [formvariables], but not > by themselves (!?) > > Also, the username and password entered into the form seem to be > independent variables from those entered into an authenticate dialog. > > How can I synchronize the authentication user/pass with inputs from > a form? I'd like the values entered into the form on the first page > to simply handle authentication. -- Jesse Proudman Blue Box Group, LLC Personalized, Professional Web Solutions for Your Business p. +1.800.613.4305 x801 e. jesse@blueboxgrp.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Jesse Proudman

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