Website authentication?

[Paddy]

As some of you may know, I am setting up a dedicated mail/http server. I want a dozen users to be able to 'log on' through their browser and then be able to access mail/messages etc.

I am wondering how to setup the authentication for the log on. I could probably do it using a javascript but it wouldn't be even the slightest bit secure... An ideas how to do this??? or am I meddling in the murky waters of inadequate knowledge?

[WyWyWyWy]

Depends.
If you want to login through domain account, then you need .htaccess
If you want to login through a set of username/password against your database, then, well, some server side script.

[orangejulius]

Re: Website authentication?

Originally posted by Paddy [MU]
As some of you may know, I am setting up a dedicated mail/http server. I want a dozen users to be able to 'log on' through their browser and then be able to access mail/messages etc.

Webmail, then?

Might have a look at:

http://www.squirrelmail.org/screenshots.php

http://nocc.sf.net/page.php?action=screenshots.php

Squirrelmail might be easier to setup but NOCC is smaller and more standards-compliant.
Authentication's done against whatever mail server you're using.