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From: Geoff on 10 Jun 2010 18:54 Hello I would like website users to be able to have access to the files in any combination of folders. Say there are 20 folders, each with different files in them. User A needs access to files in folders 1, 2 and 3, user B access to files in folders 7, 10, 15 and 20 and so on. Now I know I can have a .htaccess file in each folder but that would mean giving user A three different user name and password combinations, user B four different combinations. Is there a better way?! Cheers Geoff
From: Marious Barrier on 10 Jun 2010 19:20 On 06/10/2010 06:54 PM, Geoff wrote: > Hello > > I would like website users to be able to have access to the files in > any combination of folders. > > Say there are 20 folders, each with different files in them. User A > needs access to files in folders 1, 2 and 3, user B access to files in > folders 7, 10, 15 and 20 and so on. > > Now I know I can have a .htaccess file in each folder but that would > mean giving user A three different user name and password > combinations, user B four different combinations. > > Is there a better way?! > > Cheers > > Geoff I would handle everything through PHP.
From: Ben Morrow on 10 Jun 2010 19:30 [f'ups set to c.l.perl.misc] Quoth Geoff <geoff(a)invalid.invalid>: > > I would like website users to be able to have access to the files in > any combination of folders. > > Say there are 20 folders, each with different files in them. User A > needs access to files in folders 1, 2 and 3, user B access to files in > folders 7, 10, 15 and 20 and so on. > > Now I know I can have a .htaccess file in each folder but that would > mean giving user A three different user name and password > combinations, user B four different combinations. Why? > Is there a better way?! Yes, there are many. If you are talking about .htaccess files, then that is part of your webserver's configuration; you will need to read your webserver's documentation (or ask in a relevant group) to find out what your options are. If you would like to write a CGI (or some other form of server-side program) in Perl to do the access checks, that isn't terribly hard; try until you get stuck and then post the results and someone might help you. (If your inclusion of c.l.j indicates you're even considering doing this entirely client-side, please think again.) Ben
From: Martijn Lievaart on 11 Jun 2010 01:53 On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:54:58 +0100, Geoff wrote: > > Now I know I can have a .htaccess file in each folder but that would > mean giving user A three different user name and password combinations, > user B four different combinations. > No, it doesn't. Use one htpasswd file and use the .htaccess per directory to control who has access to that directory. It's really simple, no perl or php needed. And access control using javascript is always a BAAAD idea, it is always easily circumvented. M4
From: Geoff on 11 Jun 2010 02:18
On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:53:28 +0200, Martijn Lievaart <m(a)rtij.nl.invlalid> wrote: >On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:54:58 +0100, Geoff wrote: > >> >> Now I know I can have a .htaccess file in each folder but that would >> mean giving user A three different user name and password combinations, >> user B four different combinations. >> > >No, it doesn't. Use one htpasswd file and use the .htaccess per directory >to control who has access to that directory. It's really simple, no perl >or php needed. And access control using javascript is always a BAAAD >idea, it is always easily circumvented. Thanks Martijn, Do you mean using require user A for example in following .htaccess? AuthUserFile /usr/local/you/safedir/.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null AuthName EnterPassword AuthType Basic require user A For both A and B is the line require user A, B or something different? Cheers Geoff > >M4 |