NAME

Apache::lonacc - Cookie Based Access Handler for Authoring Spaces

SYNOPSIS

Invoked (for various locations) by /etc/httpd/conf/loncapa_apache.conf:

 PerlAccessHandler       Apache::loncacc

INTRODUCTION

This module enables cookie based authentication for construction area and is used to control access for the following two types of URI (one for files, and one for directories):

 <LocationMatch "^/priv.*">
 <LocationMatch "^/priv.*/$">

Whenever the client sends the cookie back to the server, if the cookie is missing or invalid, the user is re-challenged for login information.

This is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA project described at http://www.lon-capa.org.

HANDLER SUBROUTINE

This routine is called by Apache and mod_perl.