Re: Mac v. NT
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16421
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texte = Actually, I'm not using IIS, or WebSite, I'm Using Netscape Suite Spot 3.01. So what's the conclusion on that server?Ray -----Original Message----- From: Grant Hulbert
To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com Date: Friday, March 06, 1998 3:24 AM Subject: Re: Mac v. NT >Just curious why the protect tag with Mac and Webcatalog will display a >browser password box, allow you to enter, then cache that password while >your browser is open not requiring you to enter it again, and NT w/ Netscape >server is in an HTML for and requires me to enter my username and password >each time I enter a page with a [protect] tag. Or do I need to re-write my >files to cary that variable from page to page?WebSite does not have this restriction, but IIS does. If you are using IIS, you will need to rewrite your templates to propagate the passwords. The reason is that we do not want to break IIS' security scheme which is based on local filesystem users/passwords and not arbitrary record-level passwords like WebCatalog's.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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Actually, I'm not using IIS, or WebSite, I'm Using Netscape Suite Spot 3.01. So what's the conclusion on that server?Ray -----Original Message----- From: Grant Hulbert To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com Date: Friday, March 06, 1998 3:24 AM Subject: Re: Mac v. NT >Just curious why the protect tag with Mac and Webcatalog will display a >browser password box, allow you to enter, then cache that password while >your browser is open not requiring you to enter it again, and NT w/ Netscape >server is in an HTML for and requires me to enter my username and password >each time I enter a page with a [protect] tag. Or do I need to re-write my >files to cary that variable from page to page?WebSite does not have this restriction, but IIS does. If you are using IIS, you will need to rewrite your templates to propagate the passwords. The reason is that we do not want to break IIS' security scheme which is based on local filesystem users/passwords and not arbitrary record-level passwords like WebCatalog's.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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