Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 10:16:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Thomas Boutell <boutell@boutell.com>
To: eirik rogne <eirikro@gyda.hiof.no>
Subject: Re: Programming documentation
 
 
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, eirik rogne wrote:
 
> Hi.
>
> We're working on a project here in Norway called AlMashriq
> (http://almashriq.hiof.no/) and think PerlMUD is a feature we would like
> to add to our site.
>
> Before we registrer PerlMUD we want to know if it's possible to re-write
> the program so that users can log on as "guest" and have the program to
> handle passwords and ID's. "Guest's" logging on don't need to use the
> same "profile" each time. It's sufficient for users to be known only as
> "guest". We've tried out the program and have defined 10 guests
> (guest1...guest10) and with passwords (guest1...guest10). The problem is
> that if two users log on as the same guest#, the first one wil be kicked
> out. That's why we want users only to log on as "guest" and have the
> program to handle the rest.
>
> Is this possible? Do we get any information on how to do this if we
> registrer PerlMUD?
>
> Eirik Rogne
> Project Manager

Hello,
 
One problem to keep in mind that is important: the web interface
to PerlMUD relies on the fact that the user has a unique name
and password, which the browser sends to the server each time
it fetches more output from the MUD. You could do away with this
and rely on some other mechanism, but it would be a significant
amount of work.
 
PerlMUD is distributed with complete source code, and I am
very willing to answer any specific technical questions that
registered users have related to the code. A few PerlMUD
owners have chosen to hire me as a consultant to create
customized versions of PerlMUD that suit their needs.
 
-Tom Boutell