This is the source code and links for Chapter 20 of CGI Programming 101.
Chapter 20: Password Protection
| Name | Description | |
| register-cgi.html | User Registration Program - for .htaccess file (source code) | |
| register.html | User Registration Program - for .htaccess file (example) | |
| register2-cgi.html | User Registration Program - for mod_auth_mysql (source code) | |
| register2.html | User Registration Program - for mod_auth_mysql (example) | |
| forgotpass-cgi.html | Forgot-my-Password Program - for MySQL (source code) | |
| forgotpass.html | Forgot-my-Password Program - for MySQL (example) | |
| passchg-cgi.html | Change Password Program - for MySQL (source code) | |
| secure2/passchg.html | Change Password Program - for MySQL (example) | |
| users-pm.html | Cookie-based Authentication: Users module (source code) | |
| login-cgi.html | Cookie-based Authentication: Login program (source code) | |
| login.cgi | Cookie-based Authentication: Login program (example) | |
| login2-cgi.html | Cookie-based Authentication: Login program pt. 2 (source code) | |
| securepage-cgi.html | Cookie-based Authentication: Secure Page (source code) | |
| securepage.cgi | Cookie-based Authentication: Secure Page (example) | |
| logout-cgi.html | Cookie-based Authentication: Logout Program (source code) | |
| logout.cgi | Cookie-based Authentication: Logout Program (example) |
Errata
Under Cookie-Based Authentication, if you include the IP address check in your user validate script, this could cause some users to be unable to login. Drop the IP address check for better compatibility.
Resources
- Apache Authentication, Authorization and Access Control
- mod_auth_mysql is deprecated. Please use mod_authn_dbd instead.
- htpasswd man page
- Apache::Htpasswd Perl module