Linking problems (after redirection)

[Anon]

Hi
I have recently installed a cgi script which prevents people from viewing certain pages on my site unless they link via my index page. The script works very well but unfortunately, even though visitors link through my index page and arrive at one of my "protected" pages they cannot link from that particular page to further pages. Any link which is clicked brings up the "you are not authorised" notice.
Can anybody help?

Hopefully

Royboy

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That script probably uses the HTTP_REFERER value.
That value contains the url of the previously visited page.

In your case,when you go to the index page, then link to a sub-page, the HTTP_REFERER contains the url of the index page. But when you click to a sub-sub-page, the REFERER contains the URL of the sub-page, which is not the index page, so access is denied.

Instead of checking for the index page, check only to see if the REFERER contains a page that is on your site or your domain.

[Anon]

Hi Vincent
Many thanks for your interest in my problem.
I am however very much a beginner at this sort of thing. I understand your explanation, but I don`t know how to alter the script!

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It shouldn't be too difficult. Somewhere in that 'checking' script you had to enter the name of the page from wich users are allowed to click to your pages.

See if you can find that first.