Hi Unknown Monk,
If I interpret your question correctly, you are looking for a way to implement file system access privileges over http.
The classic way to do this, is by configuring the webserver to use basic authentication. You will have to provide your own user/password ist in that case.
For the Apache webserver, the docs are here. This is further not Perl related, until you start thinking about implementing your access mechanism in Perl...
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Cheers, Joe | [reply] |
No, actually I just want to change the message that comes on the
browser when the link is clicked to say "You do not have permissions to view
this document". I thought there might be some sort of output manipulation that perl
would have to do this with an output message.
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Here's how I read your question:
You've got files in a directory protected by .htaccess
You can access them 'cause you know the username/password
Others who don't know the username/password can't
If the above is true, that's 401 error, I believe.
If I'm correct, then you can add a line to your .htaccess file:
ErrorDocument 401 /401.html
and place a file named 401.html in that directory that
includes the message you'd like your not-allowed person
to see.
CH from NE PA
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