[greenstone-users] Controlling access to the gsdl site
| From | Azael Barrera, Ph.D. |
| Date | Sat, 05 Jun 2004 13:57:33 -0500 |
| Subject | [greenstone-users] Controlling access to the gsdl site |
| In-Reply-To | (000c01c44aff$1867fac0$59a2d2aa-unsj-edu-ar) |
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One question on controlling access to the Greenstone site: I read some postings last year that to control access to collections one may have to change the c++ code to change aspects of a particular mycol. Now I have had problems compiling gsdl 2.50 with my RedHat Linux 9w/apache so I prefer to find a simpler solution. (btw, older 2.40a compiled with RHL 8). Q. How do I control by password the access to the site, say http://mysite/gdsl/cgi-bin/library The user sould be prompted for a username/password combination once browser access the site. If I had to use apache options, in the .htaccess file I must add lines, likes the one suggested generically in apache.org?: I understand that for this directive to work I must first add in httpd.conf file the following AllowOverride Options plus if one is going to use basic authentication. Is it needed in this case? Then, how changes will be made best in the case of gsdl/cgi-bin/library? Where and how should I add the AllowOverride directive, in the Alias part that was added at install (eg., AllowOverride None)? I appreciate all suggestions. Azael Barrera, Ph.D. Professor - ICT Technology Transfer and Capacity Building **************************************************************************************** | |