I'm trying to allow certain users to access their own specific page by using only one entry point.

Here is what I want to achieve: I create a link on the home page called: Member Login. When any visitor clicks on the link, the WAM asks for a user name and password. The visitor will enter a correct user name and password and will be able to see only the page that was associated (protected) to that user.

My question is, can one entry point (the Member Login link on the home page) direct users to the correct protected html page?

I tried many options, nothing worked. To my understanding, a link on the home page will work only if the link is of the protected page. At that point, only one user will be able to access the page (I intend to allow only one user to see his/her page. I have many users and many protected pages, but I don't want to create many links on the home page).

Any assistance would be appreciated.

I like your thinking Devek, but I don't think it can be done at the moment, although if someone knows a way then I stand corrected!

The only compromise I can think of is this (although you may not like it) ...

On the home page, give a single "Members Only" link to your users, who could all have the same username/password to access the Members page, although you could have a different one for each of your users.

Arrving at the Members Only Page, there are then separate links for each of your users to their respective pages. Yeah, sure, needing two usernames/passwords might be inconvenient, but it would prevent having to have multiple links on the Home page. The Members Only page might have a nice greeting for your users, just to take the pain out of having to enter another username/password.

It's not an ideal solution, but it's the best I can think of.

Phil

Thanks Phil.

I was thinking about your idea for a while. Problem is, users cannot know who else is using the system. Your idea will work if each user will have a code he/she can click on in order to enter another, yet personal, login info... This might work if the member's page will have the codes as numbers... "User 1 please click here" etc.

I THINK, there is a solution - although I didn't try it yet. The link on the home page will be to a folder under the root of the website. Under this folder, each user will have his/her personal folder with their index.html file. WAM will allow each user to access only his/her personal folder and files under that folder... BUT, the main access from the home page will lead to a folder that hosts all the personal folders:
..\ Root - website
\members
\members\user1
\members\user1\index.html
\members\user1\document.pdf
\members\user2

Etc...

What do you think? I was too busy to try this theory yet....

Thanks again.

Take a look at this page.
http://www.ssi-developer.net/ssi/ssi-redirect.shtml

Hi Guys,

I reckon I'm going to have a look at both these proposed solutions - might take me a day or two to get around to it, but both of them have potential!

Phil

Eric,

I stopped at the first sentence: "when a user logs into a directory protected with .htaccess ". This is exactly what I was suggesting and wondering about in my second post above. I tried to avoid this situation by simply allowing users to log into one point of entry in the home page WITHOUT a link to a folder. That idea is evidently not possible. So I asked if the idea of log into a folder (any sub folder under the root) will do the job... as it turns out, this is what your link referred me to.

I guess setting up a folder under the root and pointing the users to log into that folder - then set WAC to actually redirect them from that entry point to their individual folders - is the only way it will work.

I'm going to try this today and theoretically it should work.

Thanks

Keep reading.

You're killing me....

No, he is making you learn.

Here's a quick version based on what I read past the first line.
Login

I have 3 users setup
username: user1 password: user1pass
username: user2 password: user2pass
username: user3 password: user3pass