Thanks again. I think I've got it now.

My problem was that I thought that somewhere in my mainline code I had to call a "verify_credentials()" sub in order to tell the authent subsystem that "All is okay".

Now I realize that I don't. As long as I successfully return from the second argument of the DRIVER config parameter, it will remember (in the Session) that this User is logged in, and will stop calling the login_user() runmode before it allows access to a "protected" runmode.

I knew this had to be straightforward ... I guess I was just expecting that I had to write a bunch of code. Actually, since I'm using Generic with a simple "user=>password" hash, I don't have to write anything!

All of the cgi::app contributors have done a really great job with this system. There is a LOT of good quality stuff here that will save the web application writer a ton of headaches!

In reply to Re^3: cgi::application authentication by neptuneray
in thread cgi::application authentication by neptuneray

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.