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Can we have if ..else construct in httpd file --Help urgent!

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Alfi

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Jun 6, 2001
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Hi,
I am a newbie to apache(on win-nt).Our company have a website which can be viewed both by guests and by our employees.I have used <directory> directive to block access to a particular folder in our company web site.So whenever the guest tries to access some files present in the resricted folder, an authentication screen would pop up asking for username and password and when correct credentials are supplied the user is given access to the
restricted folder.Now the problem is there is a login page which will be used for our employees to login to the site.So when one of our employee has successfully logged in and now tries to view the files in the restricted folder,he is again shown the authentication screen .So is there a mechanism whereby we can prevent a previously authenticated person from getting authenticated again...Can we have a if ..else construct in the httpd file and set some variable during the first quthentication process and check for the variable during the <directory> directive validation...


Pls help..It is of utmost urgency...


Thanx,
Alfred
 
i have never seen an if...else statement in the .conf files before. this doesn't mean is not possible but apache allows for local files in directories called .htaccess. these define who can access what. if you read the comments provided in the httpd.conf file, its referenced throughout

good luck :)
 
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