Posted by Zoe Brown on 05/11/07 19:06

> I've seen PHP programs like PHPBB that do a good job of managing
> permissions, but not quite what you would need. If you just needed to
> control access to a few people it could be simple, but if you are trying
> to
> manage people that may subscribe/unsubscribe over time then there's a lot
> more to worry about.
>
> Depending on what resources you had access to, it may be easier setting up
> the permission on your web server or the .htaccess file. If you had
> limited
> access and/or needed something more complex you may be able to find a
> publicly available PHP/MySQL authentication solution you can download and
> install or can build you own.

Thanks, I think I have decided to go down the .htaccess route. This will
mean that the user will have to enter a username and/or password which will
give them access to their link (they need to access the pdf via the website)
and then once they access the file they will be prompted by the sever for
username/password again. I think my client will live with this.

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