[thelist] Password verification then redirect

[Paul]

Firstly, hope you all had a great 'turn-of-the-real-millennium'

Secondly, and rather sadly, back to work...
Can anyone direct me to a simple script that will take a username and
password, validate it (preferably with .htaccess and .passwd files), and
then send the user to his or her own sub directory.  I've looked all over
for one of these but can't find one...

Cheers,
Paul