Another way to handle the logging in and out is by setting a cookie:

  1. When the user logs in, use CGI to write a cookie containing their user name, possibly a code for their priviledges, and then an expire time.
  2. Each time you return to a server-side script, check the cookie. If it has expired, route them to the log in screen. If it has not expired, reset it and send them on their way.
  3. When they voluntarily log out, set the cookie's expire time to zero and return them to the log-in screen.

It boils down to what you are most comfortable with, though the DB method has the advantage of allowing you to know who is logged on at any one time.


—Brad
"Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up." G. K. Chesterton

In reply to Re^2: delete users by bradcathey
in thread delete users by titanic_fanataic

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