Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-perl-modperl-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 84856 invoked from network); 8 Jan 2007 13:03:02 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 8 Jan 2007 13:03:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 80846 invoked by uid 500); 8 Jan 2007 13:02:49 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-perl-modperl-archive@perl.apache.org Received: (qmail 80830 invoked by uid 500); 8 Jan 2007 13:02:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact modperl-help@perl.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list modperl@perl.apache.org Received: (qmail 80806 invoked by uid 99); 8 Jan 2007 13:02:48 -0000 Received: from herse.apache.org (HELO herse.apache.org) (140.211.11.133) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:02:48 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.0 required=10.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (herse.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [132.77.4.194] (HELO wisemail.weizmann.ac.il) (132.77.4.194) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:01:55 -0800 Received: from Wisdomain-MTA by wisemail.weizmann.ac.il with Novell_GroupWise; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:00:48 +0200 Message-Id: <45A25C92.17BB.001B.0@wisemail.weizmann.ac.il> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 7.0.1 Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:00:41 +0200 From: "Malka Cymbalista" To: , Cc: Subject: saving userid Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=__PartA6824C69.1__=" X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. --=__PartA6824C69.1__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am running Apache 2.0.55 with mod_perl 2.0.1 and Perl 5.8.1 on a Sun Solaris machine. I am writing a perl script that requires the user to log in with a userid and password in order to access the pages the script creates. We plan on using standard http authentication. Once the user logs in, is there a way to save the userid and check it to make sure that the user who is now working is the same user who logged in? The problem is that users will be entering data and a user can only change the data he has entered. Thanks for any help. Malka Cymbalista Webmaster, Weizmann Institute of Science malki.cymbalista@weizmann.ac.il 08-934-3036 --=__PartA6824C69.1__= Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: HTML

I am running Apache 2.0.55 with mod_perl 2.0.1 and Perl 5.8.1 on a Sun Solaris machine. I am writing a perl script that requires the user to log in with a userid and password in order to access the pages the script creates. We plan on using standard http authentication. Once the user logs in, is there a way to save the userid and check it to make sure that the user who is now working is the same user who logged in? The problem is that users will be entering data and a user can only change the data he has entered.

Thanks for any help.

Malka Cymbalista
Webmaster, Weizmann Institute of Science
malki.cymbalista@weizmann.ac.il
08-934-3036

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