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Re: Re: Mixing IP and password authentication

by jest (Pilgrim)
on Jan 18, 2004 at 00:03 UTC ( [id://322114]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Mixing IP and password authentication
in thread Mixing IP and password authentication

That's not fine-grained enough; as I said in my original post, it's not a simple yes or no. I might have several scripts in a particular directory which have differing levels of initial permissions, so a directory-level auth via Apache wouldn't work. Or other things along those lines.

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Re: Re: Re: Mixing IP and password authentication
by waswas-fng (Curate) on Jan 18, 2004 at 00:10 UTC
    I am not saying use directory level permissions. My post does not assume a simple level of yes or no auth. I am saying use a session. If the user connects without a valid session pass him the the session creator. If the has access to the base app (via IP or whatever your base auth level is), then grant him a session and redirect back to the page he tried to hit. If the user then needs expanded access have a login page that verifies whatever auth you want and grants auth level tokens and stores them in his current session. This resolves the base users from getting user/pass auths while still allowing you to have fine grained auth privs for advanced users. Then your cgi can take a look at the session and form the pages and options to something that is acceptable for the auth privs that the session grants. Make sense?


    -Waswas

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