Remote User Enviorment

Hello,

Is there away to generate a remote_user enviorment without having to use the 
apache popup login form? What we are thinking of doing is create a static login 
form, they enter their username/password, then directing them to a password 
protected folder with the .htaccess file in the folder.

This is setup as a password protected folder right now but what we would like to 
do, if possible, is to direct users to a static login form 1st., so they can 
enter their username/password, the same as the ones stored in the .htpasswd file 
used by the .htaccess file in the password protected folder. If they login 
successfully they would then be directed to the password protected folder but 
wouldn't need to enter their access info again. But I assume the remote_user 
enviorment would need to be created when they log in from a static form. Is this 
possible to do with Perl ?

What the whole idea is if they attempt to bypass the static login form and try 
to go directly to the password protect folder then they would be prompted to 
enter their username/password via the apache popup window login, but if they 
successfully login via the static form then go directly to the password 
protected folder without having to enter their username/password again. Hope I 
explained this clearly :)

thanks,

Mike(mickalo)Blezien
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• Remote User Enviorment by Mike Blezien
• Re: Remote User Enviorment by David Christensen