Re: denying access to a banned username

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 46501
interpreted = N
texte = On the Welcome [user] page, can you do a quick lookup to see the status, and if banned or suspended, [redirect] them to an information page explaining the situation?GK | I need to deny access to a user if they have been banned or suspended | from using a message board. I have a field in my members database that | shows wheter they are OK Banned or Suspended | | I use webcat and browser-based authentication for access to the site and | accessto postings etc. | | This is my MemberChecker file used when accessing the site: | | [!] check for user in members.db [/!] | [showif NotFound=[lookup | db=^/e-info/Members.db&lookinField=user&value=[uppercase][username][/upperca se]&returnField=user¬Found=NotFound]] | [authenticate e-Info Access] | [/showif] | | [!] Check password of user in members.db [/!] | [showif | [url][encrypt][uppercase][password][/uppercase][/encrypt][/url]![url][lookup | db=^/e-info/Members.db&lookinField=user&value=[uppercase][username][/upperca se]&returnField=pass¬Found=NotFound][/url]] | [authenticate e-Info Access] | [/showif] | | After authentication they are passed to a Welcome [user] page. | | All works well . . . . | | I would like to tell them they are banned or suspended when they get to | this Welcome page. I need to prevent them from posting if they are banned | or suspended, but I do want to tell them they are . . . Thats my problem. | | When I authenticate them they are able to use all the features regardless | of being banned or suspended | | Any ideas how I can achieve this using webcat and browser based | authentication and my MemberChecker file like I now have? | | | | thanks | | lester ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: denying access to a banned username (Lester Emo 2002)
  2. Re: denying access to a banned username (Gary Krockover 2002)
  3. Re: denying access to a banned username (Brian Boegershausen 2002)
  4. Re: denying access to a banned username (WJ Starck 2002)
  5. denying access to a banned username (Lester Emo 2002)
On the Welcome [user] page, can you do a quick lookup to see the status, and if banned or suspended, [redirect] them to an information page explaining the situation?GK | I need to deny access to a user if they have been banned or suspended | from using a message board. I have a field in my members database that | shows wheter they are OK Banned or Suspended | | I use webcat and browser-based authentication for access to the site and | accessto postings etc. | | This is my MemberChecker file used when accessing the site: | | [!] check for user in members.db [/!] | [showif NotFound=[lookup | db=^/e-info/Members.db&lookinField=user&value=[uppercase][username][/upperca se]&returnField=user¬Found=NotFound]] | [authenticate e-Info Access] | [/showif] | | [!] Check password of user in members.db [/!] | [showif | [url][encrypt][uppercase][password][/uppercase][/encrypt][/url]![url][lookup | db=^/e-info/Members.db&lookinField=user&value=[uppercase][username][/upperca se]&returnField=pass¬Found=NotFound][/url]] | [authenticate e-Info Access] | [/showif] | | After authentication they are passed to a Welcome [user] page. | | All works well . . . . | | I would like to tell them they are banned or suspended when they get to | this Welcome page. I need to prevent them from posting if they are banned | or suspended, but I do want to tell them they are . . . Thats my problem. | | When I authenticate them they are able to use all the features regardless | of being banned or suspended | | Any ideas how I can achieve this using webcat and browser based | authentication and my MemberChecker file like I now have? | | | | thanks | | lester ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Gary Krockover

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