authenticate in custom page

[Robert Marchand]

Hi,

     I'm porting our IMP 2.2.7 installation to IMP 3.0RC1 and I need to 
open a new window
from a menu link while the user is logged to IMP.  In 2.2.x this page 
verify that a session
exists (based on the compose.php3 code) and show user information accordingly.

I try to do it in the same manner with version 3.0, and when I try to open 
the page, it
always give me a 'Retrying login authentication after authenticate login 
failed, and after that the main Window (mailbox) revert to the login page 
if I click on anything.

Here is the menu link in imp/config/menu.php:

$_menu[] = array(
         'url' =>        '/quota.php',
         'text' =>       'Quota-Boîte aux lettres',
         'icon' =>       'personal.gif',
         'icon_path' =>  '/graphics',
         'target' =>     '_blank',
         'onclick' =>    ''
);

and the beginning of quota.php:

<?php

define('IMP_BASE', dirname(__FILE__));
require_once IMP_BASE . '/lib/base.php';

/* Initialize $actionID to a resonable value if it hasn't already been set. */
$actionID = Horde::getFormData('actionID', NO_ACTION);

if (!(IMP::setupSession() &&
       IMP::authenticate())) {

   $msg = $non_connecte;
   require './quota.html';
   exit;

}

Now if I add a level of redirection it works:

$_menu[] = array(
         'url' =>        '/quotaredir.php',
         'text' =>       'Quota-Boîte aux lettres',
         'icon' =>       'personal.gif',
         'icon_path' =>  '/graphics',
         'target' =>     '_blank',
         'onclick' =>    ''
);

Here is quotaredir.php:

<?php

define('IMP_BASE', dirname(__FILE__));
require_once IMP_BASE . '/lib/base.php';

if (isset($HTTP_SESSION_VARS['imp']) && is_array($HTTP_SESSION_VARS['imp'])) {
         /* If there is an existing session, redirect the user to the 
mailbox. */
             header('Location: ' . Horde::applicationUrl('quota.php', true));
             exit;
}

?>

My question: is there a simpler way (without redirection)?

Also, I'd like the window to be like the compose Window without Netscape menus.

----

On another issue, I've created an alternate login page and I wanted to have 
the various
messages that show in login.php.  So I've made a change to login.php (just 
add '?reason=... to the url):

/* Redirect the user if an alternate login page has been specified. */
if ((in_array($reason, array('login', 'failed', 'timeout', 'logout'))) && 
$conf['user']['alternate_login']) {
     header('Location: ' . $conf['user']['alternate_login'] . '?reason=' . 
$reason);
     exit;
}

Would it be possible to add this in the mainstream version?

Thanks.
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Robert Marchand                 tél: 343-6111 poste 5210
DGTIC-SIT                       e-mail: robert.marchand@umontreal.ca
Université de Montréal          Montréal, Canada