.htaccess and Sessions?

[Hobgoblin]

Hi.

I'm developing a user login system where a user with an account can log in, view all the areas they have access to, and are able to click on links to files (JPG files) in a protected directory.

The problem I'm having now is that when I click on said link, I get the username/password popup instead of a srtaight shot into the protected area ... the goal is to make it so members only have to enter a password once (when they log in).

I've even tried writing the links with the $user:$[e-mail] syntax, but that doesn't work, and I'd rather not use that because those values get saved into the history.

If it helps, the website is a modeling site where certain people have access to all the galleries, and some have access to only certain ones.

Another site I built for myself, I added the amember script for subscriptions, and I noticed that the .htaccess files had a like saying "require product_1, product_20" - 1 being for single access, and 20 being for multiple area access... but for the life of me, I cannot figure out how that was done.

Can anyone help push me in the right direction?

Thanks!

[Hobgoblin]

Anyone?

[dankstick]

Something similar happened to me. I have a "control panel" that is protected with htaccess. Example...

http://www.example.com/panel/

I log in and everything is ok. There are links in there that link to...

http://example.com/panel/1.jpg

(no www)

This makes the browser pop up another htaccess login. I had to add the www to the link so that the window didn't pop up anymore. Same thing goes for Header() redirects, make sure the domain and sub-domains match.

Hope this helps!