Subject: Re: Authenticating users without dialog box

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1997

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 14502
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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 ... :)So, there's no way for these form-entered variables to stick and be treated *exactly* as if they were entered via the browser's authentication dialog? What about for subsequent pages in the protected realm that aren't accessed by using a form? And I'd rather not have the password visible in the URL...Rob MarquardtDesigner/Resident Wirehead, Toast Designwww.toastdesign.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

>>>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 ... :)So, there's no way for these form-entered variables to stick and be treated *exactly* as if they were entered via the browser's authentication dialog? What about for subsequent pages in the protected realm that aren't accessed by using a form? And I'd rather not have the password visible in the URL...Rob MarquardtDesigner/Resident Wirehead, Toast Designwww.toastdesign.com Rob Marquardt

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Subject: Re: Authenticating users without dialog box

1997

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