[ic] access_gating whole catalog?

interchange-users@icdevgroup.org interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Tue Oct 22 09:10:00 2002


On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 12:18:12AM -0400, Mike Heins wrote:
> 
> Quoting Tim Stoakes (tim@ehost.com.au):
> > Hi all
> > 
> > I've successfully used the .access and .access_gate system to protect a subdirectory of a catalog, no worries. Now I want to protect the whole catalog. ie:
> > http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/teststore/*
> > must redirect to the violation page.
> > Ideally I would like this to work like .htaccess files do, and just put a single .access_gate file in catroot/pages containing
> > login.html:	Yes
> > *: [if session logged_in]Yes[/if]
> > for starters.
> > 
> > However, interchange fails to find the .access and .access_gate files
> > if I put them in catroot/pages. I think eg. that if you click
> > http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/teststore/index.html ic is looking for
> > catroot/pages/index/.access_gate, which is wrong.
> > 
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Am I doing something stupid/impossible?
> 
> Impossible. IC doesn't do it in that directory, for a couple of reasons
> (performance and convenience).

An alternative might be a tag that redirects the shopper out UNLESS he
has a valid cookie/login.  Do the login elsewhere.  For example,
all logins might take place in /Register/ and shoppers without cookies
get redirected there otherwise.

> 
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