Hi gang,
I've been struggling with the seemingly only problem I'm having with DBman, and that is: Regardless of how I setup the default.cfg file, I can't get a "login" screen...it takes me straight to the "main menu".
If I set $auth_no_authentication = 0; to force authentication, regardless of the user definitions in default.pass, it takes me to the main menu with 2 options..."main" and "log off".
if I set $auth_no_authentication = 1; to tell it to not authenticate, it also goes straight to the main menu, and will provide the rights as dictated by @auth_default_permissions = (1,1,1,1,0);.
I went to JPDenni's DBman-ual (which btw is a fantastic site, thanks for the resource!), and even started with a fresh demo install, and followed it to the letter for installing it, with exactly the same results above. All the other cgi seems to work, and I can do a "view" when I'm in as a default user with no authentication, and search, return results, etc, so the perl is working, and all seems to be in the right place. Even adding admin rights to the default user and performing admin functions such as adding a user/password work flawlessly, however, I can never get a "login" screen. I've even gone so far as to clear all my "offline content", browsing from other machines, etc..to no avail (grasping at straws basically). I've exhausted all my options, and am hoping one of you kind people can get me on my way...this one small hurdle, and everything else is working and I can get my huge recipe database online to share with all.
Thanks for any help you can provide, and I'd be happy to send along a cfg file, etc if that'd help.
Take care,
GraffiX

Addendum: I saw someone else was having this same problem as I went through more support msgs here. I'm posting the items that were requested (by a gent named Eliot Lee) for this very same issue...if someone would take a peek, I'd be grateful.

Demo is installed at:
http://www.graffix.tzo.com/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi

you can look at the actual files here:

http://www.graffix.tzo.com/files/html.pl
http://www.graffix.tzo.com/files/db.cgi
http://www.graffix.tzo.com/files/default.cfg

Thanks again for any help you can provide!


[This message has been edited by graffix (edited January 08, 2000).]