> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bernal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Dienstag, 4. April 2006 18:21
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Secure Apache Directories
> 
> Hello All,
>  
> I've setup my own authentication scheme with PHP/MySQL but it 
> didn't help with "non php files".  For example, If i post a 
> document SECURE.PDF, how do I secure it from being seen by 
> the outside world?

I presume you're using cookies for session-handling: the server gives a cookie 
after checking the credentials and thereafter, the client submits this cookie 
with every request in that realm? Then, you have to pass every request through 
the session-handling logic - what's happening with your case is that the PDF 
requests are being directly served by apache.

I've never used PHP for session-handling (maybe someone who has could chip in 
here?) but I guess you could rewrite the request internally so that it's 
handled by PHP (then the user doesn't see the URL change), eg:

RewriteRule ^/subdir/(*.pdf) /phpdir/get_file.php?$1

so now a request for /subdir/wibble.pdf will be handled by 
/phpdir/get_file.php?wibble.pdf. You'll have to write get_file.php to read the 
file off the disk and return it to the client (NB: remember to set the correct 
mime-type). There are probably example progs on the PHP website...

Rgds,
Owen Boyle
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>  
> I don't want to use .htaccess directory security AND my PHP 
> authentication.  I really just want one web-based login 
> script that handles .htaccess type security for all file types.
>  
> I hope this makes sense.  Any direction on what I can research?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> David
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