Re: Protect tag for large groups?

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1999

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texte = >When I read the info on the protect tag, it says that I need to define a>group in the admin user.db. Would this group need to contain usernames and>passwords for all students in the student database? It will probably be>around 100 in the first semester and then grow from there. Is there a>better way to do this?You don't exactly create a group per se, but rather you add newusername/password entries and then type whatever group names into each ofthose usernames that you want that user to belong to.username password groupsfred xxxx CLASS181sue xxxx CLASS181mimi xxxx CLASS181lani xxxx ADMIN, CLASS181This means each of those students can access pages that are protected by[protect CLASS181], and you can get into those pages too, because youbelong to both CLASS181 and ADMIN>Why does it need password protection?I don't understand the question. It seems like you want to protect somepages so that only a certain small number of people can access them. Youdo this with passwords.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant,11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster,San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Protect tag for large groups? (Martin Bech 1999)
Re: Protect tag for large groups? (PCS Technical Support 1999)
Re: Protect tag for large groups? (Peter Ostry 1999)
Re: Protect tag for large groups? (Peter Ostry 1999)
Re: Protect tag for large groups? (Martin Bech 1999)
Protect tag for large groups? (Lani Twitchell 1999)

>When I read the info on the protect tag, it says that I need to define a>group in the admin user.db. Would this group need to contain usernames and>passwords for all students in the student database? It will probably be>around 100 in the first semester and then grow from there. Is there a>better way to do this?You don't exactly create a group per se, but rather you add newusername/password entries and then type whatever group names into each ofthose usernames that you want that user to belong to.username password groupsfred xxxx CLASS181sue xxxx CLASS181mimi xxxx CLASS181lani xxxx ADMIN, CLASS181This means each of those students can access pages that are protected by[protect CLASS181], and you can get into those pages too, because youbelong to both CLASS181 and ADMIN>Why does it need password protection?I don't understand the question. It seems like you want to protect somepages so that only a certain small number of people can access them. Youdo this with passwords.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant,11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster,San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ PCS Technical Support

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