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[admin]

Hello.
Can you help me please. This is what i am looking for. The security of it doesnt have to be amazing.

1) the user enters their desired username/password into a form (ie register) then that info is stored somewhere on a database.
2)then for them to gain access to the protected files they fill in their username/password in another form which then when they press submit it checks the database and if it is there it lets them enter

How would this be done?

[admin]

Thank you for your prompt reply.

Could it be done in javascript? it doesnt have to be a data base as such, its just that i am not familiar with java.

[pyro]

No, javascript can not make secure passwords, or connect to the server to update information, etc. As Dave Clark suggested, you will want to use some server side language to do this (PHP, Perl/CGI, ASP, etc.)