I am not trying to authenticate users onto the network. I am trying to exhibit some control over who volunteers for the fundraiser. I only want the names of the Parents to be entered in as volunteers so I know who to call and verify they did sign up and will you be there.
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There are issues with using a form based login, and sometimes it is more convenient to use http authentication.
The main problem with using a form to log someone in, is that you need a way to know whether someone is logged in on an arbitrary request. There are various methods to solve this problem: you can create session ids that time out, or you can set a cookie that shows the person as logged in.
If you utilize http authentication you can let the webserver handle keeping track of who is logged in or not. The setup for this method varies from server to server.
If you are on an Apache server, you will need to create several files, .htaccess, .htpasswd, and .htgroup. Your .htaccess file will specify that your script requires a password to access. Your .htpasswd and .htgroup files contain information about your users. This tutorial should be enough to get you started.
BTW, if you use this approach, you can get the username is stored as an environment variable ($ENV{REMOTE_USER}).
Good luck with whatever approach you decide to take.
TGI says moo
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I went to this tutorial and decided that it seems easy enough to setup that I will try doing it this way. My only question is in the tutorial she says the .htaccess file needs to go in the master directory. In my case would that be my public_html or cgi-bin or does it matter.
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