I have an apache 1.3.29 server that is running my website. I have written a bunch of scripts to generate the pages from csv files which work great.
My next thing to learn is how to get user authentication functioning the way I need it. I understand the steps required to make .htpaccess files work, but this won't be enough for my purposes. I want the site to remember that a visitor has logged in or not, and also to read a bunch of personal info from a csv file dedicated to the userbase. (A later project will be to convert my csv files into databases, but I am into baby steps at the moment, so just focussing on python webiste authentication) Ideally I would like this authentication to not be in the form of a popup, but rather via a username/password pair of fields at some place on the page. After authentication, this should be reaplced by some generic "have a nice day" kinda message, or perhaps simply removed altogether. Additionally, they will be able to alter their personal information and doing stuff like filling in the feedback form should mean that they don't have to enter any personal info, just fill in the details and click the send buttopn. My experience with .htaccess files is that they make an authentication popup, which is not what I am aiming at. How can I incorporate this sort of user info in the apache authentication stuff using python? TIA! Nuffnnough. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
