Re: [cgiapp] Design question - structure and authen/authz

[Ed Pigg <suppressed>]

On Feb 6, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Sean Davis wrote:

> Are you running your C::A site under mod_perl, or is the C::A  
> straight perl
> cgi?
>
> Sean

Straight perl cgi at the moment. I have control of the server and  
would not rule out mod_perl if it would make my life easier. I have  
never worked with mod_perl. For that matter, I don't work frequently  
with Perl and C::A, so I've been coming back up to speed.

> On 2/6/06 2:51 PM, "Ed Pigg" <suppressed> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm reworking a C::A site to provide more flexibility and control.
> > This site has been functioning using Apache Basic Authentication and
> > that has served it's purpose up to now. I would like to use a sql
> > database to store user information and retrieve access rights based
> > upon group membership. If I use Apache built-in authorization modes,
> > I can control location authorization in the host config. I may be
> > missing something but I have not seen a mod_auth_mysql module for
> > apache.
> >
> > I essentially would like any request to the site redirected to a
> > login page if not logged in. This I know how to do. Would you make a
> > static login page on index.html? or point into the application and
> > let it handle the rest. If I want full control over served content,
> > do I set the document root to be in my C::A base module? and redirect
> > for static content? Must each page then be a template? or am I making
> > this all too hard?
> >
> > Sorry if this is confusing, it probably shows where my thoughts are
> > at the moment.
> >
> > Ed Pigg
> >
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