Got it and thanks for all the replies. I always find it whimsical to hear, learn, and see if I am on the same path as the "experts". I know about the profiles, but was searching for possible alternative methods to solve this issue.
D On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:11 AM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > Dondi Williams wrote: > >> This EXACTLY what I need.... >> >> Ok, and did you read what else I wrote before, about the user profiles ? > It probably works with Firefox also. > That is really the easiest way. > > There exists no other way to have Apache *automatically* know about the > current *Windows user-id*, than to implement some kind of "Windows > authentication" scheme for both the browser and Apache. > (the emphasis is for the other contributors here) > > That normally means NTLM-based authentication, and that would mean that you > have at least a full-fledged Windows network set up, with a Windows Domain, > a Domain Controller, etc.. > I believe that this is much more than you are willing, or able, to do here. > > Other than that, you could set up Apache to do what is called "Basic > Authentication", but that would anyway mean that whenever a user calls up a > page on your webserver, they would get a login dialog where they have to > (re-)enter a user-id and password. It will not be able to pick up > automatically the Windows user-id from Windows. > Also, it means that you will have to create and maintain a users/passwords > file, only for Apache. > And then you will still have to put additional configuration in Apache, to > have it return a specific homepage for each specific user. > Again, I believe that if this is only meant to be a convenience for each > user, rather than a protection mechanism, it is not worth your time. > > Just profiles (or at the limit bookmarks) in the browser is much easier and > faster. > > Detailed HowTo : > > - in your Apache top document directory, create 2 html pages : > - welcome-dad.html > - welcome-mom.html > > Login to the PC as "dad". > Call up Firefox. > In the Options or Preferences somewhere, you can set the homepage to use > when Firefox starts. Set this as "http://localhost/welcome-dad.html";. > Close Firefox. > Open Firefox. > It should show that page. > > Logout and login as "mom". > Do the same as above, substituting "welcome-mom.html". > > Logout again and login again as "dad", call up Firefox. > Does that match your needs, or do you want a to spend an aditional week at > this ? (seriously). > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > > -- Don
