Re: Checking passwords

[Micah Yoder <LYoder@cyberis.net>]

"Aaron D. Turner" wrote:

> Before you start working on the submission stuff let's chat.

I'm not working on submission stuff yet.  It will probably be a few days
until I have all the user stuff straightened out.

> Basically I want to go over what we're going to do and how we're going to
> do it.  I'd very much like the code to be in Perl, because:

It's fine with me if it's in Perl, but just to set the record straight:

> 1) Supports cookies

So does PHP

> 2) Supports keep-alive DB connections (no need to reconnect each time)

So does PHP

> 3) Supports keeping user session (without cookies)

That's an HTTP thing.  I'm not *quite* sure how Perl does it, but I'm
sure PHP could do it in a similar way.

> 4) Supports authorization via MySQL (replaces .htpasswd files)

PHP.  Yep.

> It does all this with modules, so there's no code we need to develop to
> handle those functions.

I'd like to see a sample.  #3 and 4 would require a bit of code in PHP,
though it can be modularised (which is what I'm doing).

> 5) We can use the same code for the email->DB project.

Right...  Will that be handled by a standalone (non-Web/CGI) program? 
Probably called by a Qmail alias?

> 6) I don't know PHP, which makes it hard for me to lead this section if
> there's PHP.

Sure.  Whenever you have time, start coding the stuff and I'll work on
it when I'm done with the user utilities.