[thelist] Timed Passwords

Anthony Baratta Anthony at Baratta.com
Tue Apr 2 12:16:00 CST 2002


At 09:57 AM 4/2/2002, AJ Dalton wrote:

>Does anyone have a method to have a self-expiring password - so that a coded
>password will no longer allow access to a Web Page after a certain date
>coded into that Password.  [ I'd like to issue automatically expirational
>Passwords (on a date coded into the Passowrd) to avoid having to register
>everyone into a database.]

I'd recommend that you use a database. They are much easier to work with.
If you have the option, you can investigate the mySQL mod that allows
Apache to use mySQL as a replacement for .htpasswd files.
---
Anthony Baratta
President
Keyboard Jockeys

"Conformity is the refuge of the unimaginative."




More information about the thelist mailing list