automating CGI logons

[Bin Zhang]

Ghost in the machine wrote:
> 
> Hi! friends in Web4Lib...and Kerry.
> 
>      Can you tell me which kind of HTTPD are you using??
>      Because most of the httpds(like NCSA,CERN,Website or etc) provide
> a access control function, that means you can create a homepage and add the
> access control on this page in your configuration file(like httpd.conf)
>      Then when a user wanna to access this page, they need to provide
> password or that will see a Access denied sign.
>      But this is not like telnet....8-)...You cannot provide "never see the
> name or password" function. Maybe Java could.
> 

You can use expect to write expect script to automatically log onto the database 
server, then set up an entry in your inetd.conf and services files, so that 
when a person telnet into your server at a particular port, that expect script 
is executed.  Try this:

	telnet lama.kcc.hawaii.edu 1030

HTH


> >     We have a number of options on our public access menus that connect to
> > commercial databases that require a name/password for access.  When these
> > sites use Telnet connections, we are able to automate the logon process using
> > C-Kermit scripts, so our users never see the name and password.
> >     Is there any way to do this with WWW servers that run a CGI script to ask
> > for a name and password?  Do we need to set up a CGI script on our server to
> > feed the info to the remote server? -- if so, how does this work?
> 
>                                 Nick Chang-----nkchang at arc.org.tw
>                                 Web developer and library volunteer
>                                 American Resource Center, Taiwan

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