Re: Managing users

I did this with the php_lib_login and the ADODB package.
php_lib_login needs to be updated for current versions of
php however it does have extensive functions for handling
user logins.

Tom

On 5 Dec 2003 at 16:59, Sai Hertz And Control Systems wrote:

> Dear C G ,
>
> > Forgive me if this is a silly question, but I need some advice.
>
> Forgiveness granted  :-)
>
> > I'm thinking of creating three groups (Level1 to Level3) for the 3
> > types of users. Is this the best way of doing this?
>
> Yes without doubt to my experience  this is a better method
>
> >
> > If a user logs on, say through a web  interface, would I have a table
> > with username/passwd to check the login to the database? Or should I
> > somehow use the pg_user table?
>
> Considering you are using PHP  +PostgreSQL
>
> You  can use the pg_user table
> Just you have to  do is
> 1. Make two cookies variable each storing the password  and user name
> 2. Now in the Database connection string use the user name as the var in
> Cookie and password same so it would be like
>     pg_connect(blah , blah  user name=$COOKIE_VAR_USERNAME , password
> =$COOKIE_VAR_PASSWORD)
> Benefits
> 1. You will be able to use current_user() function
> 2. No user management system required PostgreSQL user is ur web user
> 3. PostgreSQL group will define levels
>
> >
> > Also, is there a way of monitoring how much memory a user takes up.
> > For example, I have a table username/Data. How much memory does each
> > username take up on that table?
>
> I doubt but you may see
> contrib/database_size function
>
> If this helps then pass on the word "PostgreSQL is Walah !" and kindly
> shoot back
>
> Regards,
> V Kashyap
>
>
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