Re: Use form instead of AuthType Basic (pop-up windows)

Juan Manuel Parrilla Gutiérrez wrote:
> Hello, this is my first message to this list and I am also a bit new to
> mod_perl.
> My question is simple, in all the documentation I have found about mod_perl
> and auth (like practical mod perl, or writing apache modules in perl and c)
> they are always using AuthType Basic, so when the users tries to acess some
> protected content, a pop up windows will appear to ask for name/pass.
> 
> What I want to do is to use a formulary instead of that pop-up window. As
> far as I know looking at AuthCookie, for example, there they define
> "AuthType Sample::AuthCookie" and they also define a login.pl and different
> configs in the conf files.
> 
> I want to know the different steps to define and use a form instead of
> AuthType Basic.
> 
Have a look here :
http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/htdocs/Apache-AuthCookie/Apache2/AuthCookie.html
and scroll to the section
THE LOGIN SCRIPT

If you install that module, it comes along with examples.
AAA is tricky, and maybe not the easiest way to start playing with 
mod_perl.  But this documentation is well-done, and should get you 
started, if you follow it carefully.