htaccess login in browser not as popup?

[Malik999]

We are all familar with the popup ussername and password box which appears to the user.

Does anyone how to have a username and password box within a webpage (i.e. form fields) which then takes you into the secure directory?. Can anyone confirm this is not possible with htaccess?

thanks

[jdMorgan]

Using anything other than the browser dialog box requires an authenticating script on the server. In other words, the Web page posts the username/password to a script, which then handles authentication/authorization.

Jim