Re: [LUG] OT apache Q

[Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Adrian Midgley wrote:

> On Thursday 08 August 2002 21:32, you wrote:
>
> > It's the browser which is doing this, rather than the server.
> >
> > So not really a lot you can do about it from the server side.
> Can you set an expiry date in teh headers for the page?
> Still up to the browser to decide whether to honour it though.

The expiry date doesn't affect the authorisation. meta expiry dates are 
intended for search engines. The http-refresh meta values don't clear 
the authorisation, it just performs a simple refresh.

If you switch to PHP / MySQL authorisation, it is possible to force a 
refresh of authority by manipulating the HTTP header directly. There's a 
bit on this in the current LinuxFormat. It won't work alongside 
.htaccess authorisation, and you must set up a customised MySQL database 
and connect to it via PHP. Not all servers, particularly free ones, will 
have PHP let alone MySQL.



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