From: Date: February 20 2001 12:15pm
Subject: OT: seeking password-based web site access mgr
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Hi,

Can anyone recommend some public domain Linux-based software that'll let
users who want to access a web site submit an email address and have an
auto-generated password be mailed to them at that address?   What I want to
do is what you've probably seen on a dozen sites: if you want in, you have
to submit a request that includes your email address, and if approved then
a password will be sent to the email address you gave, after which you can
login with your email+password.

Yes, I could figure out how to do this using .htaccess and some scripting,
but I'm hoping someone else has already solved this problem for the world
with a spiff UI so I can spend my time on other things.

Nice-to-have but of course not necessary are:
- forwards password requests to the webmaster for approval
- updates all relevant .htaccess files
- automagically generates passwords for new users (presumably using htpasswd)


The Deluxe version would include:
- datamodel: directories, users, email addresses and passwords
- users, email address and passwords are stored in some kind of database
(MySQL preferred)
- browser-based administration by webmaster
- checkbox selection of web site directories to which access will be granted

I'm just trying to get as close to this as I can before I start writing code.

Any help much appreciated TIA.



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