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Simon Kershaw (Simon.Kershaw@Smallworld.co.uk)
Fri, 11 Apr 97 17:05:28 BST 

Date: Fri, 11 Apr 97 17:05:28 BST
From: Simon Kershaw <Simon.Kershaw@Smallworld.co.uk>
Message-Id: <9704111605.AA14401@fowey.Smallworld.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [mSQL] After a look to w3-mswl, and auth.c source...

RHS Linux User [what's your real name?] writes:
 
> I had my first look to w3-msql and w3-auth. First the code is quite readble :)
> so read it :P
>
> The things I've discovered:
>
> in auth.c *that contains the procedures called from w3-msql to
> check authorization* there's first a check againt a .w3-auth file.... mmm
> I've tried to put it in cgi-bin and docs directory, but w3-msql still not ask
> me any auth :) So, where have I to put this file? :) *I'm not a C genius..*

The lines immediately before the call to checkAuth in w3-msql.c are a
chdir to the directory containing the source of the script (well,
that's what the comments says anyway!) Try putting in a printf to
print out that directory name so you can see where w3-msql thinks it's
going.

> The next try I would likr to do is to delete the two lines that perform the
> chek on the existence of the .w3-auth file, to see what happen.

Good idea! 

-- 
Simon Kershaw
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