"$auth_user_field = the number of your UserID field;"


What does that mean?

When you defined your "UserID" field, you would have put in a number after it. Every field has a number in the field definitions. Set the $auth_user_field to that number.


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JPD

Okay, I did all that, and now it asks for a login. How do i make a new login, and how would i set up the admin?

If you haven't changed the original .pass file, log in using "admin" for the username and "admin" for the password. Then, after you log in, click the "Admin" link at the bottom of the page. That will give you the admin console.

You can create new userids and passwords on that page. Just fill in the blanks. Check the permissions you want each userid to have.

You can also delete the other passwords in the file, if you want to.

Create a userid and password for yourself and click in all of the checkboxes. Click the submit button. Then log out and go back to the log in screen. Enter your new userid and password -- the one you just created. Go back to the Admin link and delete the "admin" userid.


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JPD

I keep forgetting that Alex didn't put a link on the login form for signup.

In html.pl, sub html_login_form, after

</form>

add


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JPD

I did that, and I got this error (I have debug on)
CGI ERROR
==========================================
Error Message : Error loading required libraries.
Check that they exist, permissions are set correctly and that they compile.
Reason: syntax error at /home/knightsof/public_html/cgi-bin/dbman/html.pl line 188, near "%>"


Line 188 is this:

print qq!| <A HREF="$db_script_link_url&logoff=1">Log Off</A> |!;

Okay, so I would have to make a login for everybody? I wouldn't mind that, because originally I had to update it constantly for like 50+ members manually, and now they can do it themselves.

btw, i wasn't able to login even though i never changed default.pass:

admin:A.f0Kvdiyy8q2:1:1:1:1:1

That's what it is when I opened it up.



[This message has been edited by xxNickxx (edited August 16, 1999).]

You don't have to add all the users by yourself. You can set $auth_signup=1; in the .cfg file and users can sign up for accounts on their own.

Regarding logging in-- Did you use "admin" for the username and "admin" for the password? If so, you need to go to http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...es/Detailed/122.html
to find out how to fix that.

You might benefit from looking at my installation tutorial at
http://www.jpdeni.com/dbman/tutorial.html

A lot of your questions are answered there.


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JPD

Well, I had the Auth Signup = 1, but where would the person enter their new login and password?
entering db.cgi only asks for a login. This is the link that I will give (The page I will use for the database will be members.shtml, but it will include some SSI to load db.cgi inside a table).
All it shows is "Log On", you can't create your own account.
http://knightsofd.virtualave.net/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi


[This message has been edited by xxNickxx (edited August 16, 1999).]