Posted by none on 06/29/07 12:36

shimmyshack wrote:
> On Jun 29, 12:03 pm, AxOn <hannu_tahvanai...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to make a php message board on our company's Intranet that
>> can only be edited by a specific user group. The group "writers" is
>> managed in active directory.
>>
>> Is it possible to automatically check if the user that is logged in to
>> windows and is watching the site is a part of the group "writers"? And
>> if that user is a part of writers then an "Edit" button would be
>> displayed on the site. The intranet site runs on Apache 2.2
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> youre asking whether M$ windows sends usernames and passwords over
> port 80 to apache, and whether apache can understand them if it does,
> just use a separate password file with a small php script
>
> if( user_authd() )
> {
> display_edit_button();
> }
> else
> {
> display_mini_form_password_and_submit();
> }
>
> form posts back to same page the function user_authd checks a small
> file or db and edit button appears
>
http://www.developer.com/lang/php/article.php/3100951

Arjen

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