Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : Authentication https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:20:14 +0000 Wed, 21 Apr 2004 05:35:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10071 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[Authentication : The usercode is made up of randomly...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/authentication_topic10071_post54768.html#54768 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 10071
Posted: 21 April 2004 at 5:35am

The usercode is made up of randomly generated unique code.

You can insert your own user code as long as it is unique.

But there are many places within the forum code that update this valuefor security purposes so that others can not steal the cookie value andlogin themselves.
]]> Wed, 21 Apr 2004 05:35:36 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/authentication_topic10071_post54768.html#54768 <![CDATA[Authentication : The usercodes I have looked at...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/authentication_topic10071_post54734.html#54734 Author: nemo9X
Subject: 10071
Posted: 20 April 2004 at 8:25pm

The usercodes I have looked at seem to be encoded, like account name and then some numbers, is this just to make them unique?  or is the information in the usercode disected and then the extracted data used for other means in the forum?  

I guess the bottom line, can I insert my own usercode as long as I keep it unique within the column.

thanks in advance.......

]]> Tue, 20 Apr 2004 20:25:52 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/authentication_topic10071_post54734.html#54734 <![CDATA[Authentication : The cookie UID holds the User_code...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/authentication_topic10071_post54732.html#54732 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 10071
Posted: 20 April 2004 at 8:18pm

The cookie UID holds the User_code for the user from the database inthe tblAuther table. This is used to track the user when they movearound the forum.]]> Tue, 20 Apr 2004 20:18:41 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/authentication_topic10071_post54732.html#54732 <![CDATA[Authentication : I am looking into integrating...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/authentication_topic10071_post54721.html#54721 Author: nemo9X
Subject: 10071
Posted: 20 April 2004 at 6:11pm

I am looking into integrating a forum into my web site.  Since my website already has a user subsytem, I plan to authenticate to my database which will have the required info replicated to the WWF DB. I've got that part figured out. 

My question is on login, it looks as if I need to set the value of the UID cookie, but have not been able to definitively determine if the value should be set to the usercode in the WWF DB, or some other value( author_code??? ). I have been searching the forum and the code for several hours.  Could someone elaborate on on the required cookie settings for UID and if other cookie settings are required?

By the way, great job on the forum software. 

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