greetings brothers,
I think this is slightly OT but...
Is it possible to set an auth username/password combo for a browser from a cgi script *without8 the user having to enter a login/password in the auth-pop-up?
Eg: User logs into existing web site system through a web page. A look-up says they can access "Set 4" of some static web pages. The script sets the relevant username/password combo in the browser.
Why do I not want to put all username/passwords in an .htaccess file?
- simplicity - 4 groups of users, 4 sets of pages, 4 auth username/password combos
- I'm a little uncomfortable having a few thousand username/passwords in an .htaccess file - this would affect performance, no?
- if i can just do that, the rest of my code is already mapped out.
Is there an HTTP header I can set from the server that would force a username/password auth combo on a browser?
Or is there an easier way to do this?
Thoughts greatly appreciated.
cLive ;-)
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