Re: Authenticating users without dialog box
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14484
interpreted = N
texte = >>Is there any way to pass username and password information without having >>to enter it into the browser's authentication dialog box? I'd like to >>take the information as entered into a page's form and have that treated >>the same as if it was entered through the browser's dialog (ie, I want to >>be able to select users from a pop-up menu). > >Sure, just put form variables into your form named username and >password. These values override any values that might be in the >browser's authentication dialog cache.Don't forget, though ... if you want to use those same values on the following pages instead of having the browser revert back to its cached username and password values, you will *also* have to put the username=[username] and password=[password] parameters into your forms and URLs so these values can be passed along ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/.
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>>Is there any way to pass username and password information without having >>to enter it into the browser's authentication dialog box? I'd like to >>take the information as entered into a page's form and have that treated >>the same as if it was entered through the browser's dialog (ie, I want to >>be able to select users from a pop-up menu). > >Sure, just put form variables into your form named username and >password. These values override any values that might be in the >browser's authentication dialog cache.Don't forget, though ... if you want to use those same values on the following pages instead of having the browser revert back to its cached username and password values, you will *also* have to put the username=
[username] and password=
[password] parameters into your forms and URLs so these values can be passed along ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/.
Kenneth Grome
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