Are there any modifiable packages (like DBMan or FileMan) in Perl that can manage from 500 to 25,000 users' access to restricted pages of a site. EG: paying customers will each have a unique user name and password to access only certain folders on the site.

I am looking for a system like DBMan that can be easily administered and user accounts can be created and managed through an admin interface.

Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

Thank you in advance.

I don't know if you mean HTTP_AUTH (.htaccess) based authentication or forms-based, but you could try having a look at:

http://cgi.resourceindex.com/...Password_Protection/

... for a few pointers anyway. Make sure you look through them carefully mind, some of them aren't really all that secure - even some of the paid jobbies. I haven't been there in a while, so I can't really recommend anything. For HTTP_AUTH though, I've found the Account Managers from EliteHost quite good.

If you're looking for forms-based, with that amount of users it might be advisable to go with a database-backed application, which would probably mean custom-coding...

adam

Thanks for the suggestions.