IOP-ACCESS Connection Script

• Source Files
  • iop-access.pl PERL Script (Last Revision: 5 September 1996)
    Note: A problem with the registration screen has been fixed. The password was not being sent to IoP correctly (a "$1" was instead a "$!" in the code where the configuration file was parsed.
  • iop-access.conf Sample Configuration File
• Documentation
  • HTML version of manual page (coming soon...)
  • Quick Checklist:
    1. Download to your UNIX machine the iop-access.pl and iop-access.conf files.
    2. Install on your system the latest version of these PERL modules: Layered CGI::* modules source and LWP source
    3. Set the configuration of iop-access.pl in two places: the location of the iop-access.conf file and the IP address restrictions. These two options are found near the top of the PERL program.
    4. Modify the configuration file for the site-specific information and the list of journals for which you have a subscription. Follow the comments in the configuration file.
    5. Install the iop-access.pl and iop-access.conf files in the cgi-bin directory of your UNIX HTTPD server or other appropriate location.
    6. URLs to the IOP journals take the form: http://www.univ.edu/cgi-bin/iop-access.pl/journal-abrev/ (where journal-abrev is the journal abreviation found in the configuration file).

Note: The Institute of Physics requires that the copyright notice be maintained on the HTML pages generated by this script. You should contact the Institute of Physics to let them know you are using this connection script, and they will probably ask you to write them a letter confirming that you will use your best efforts to maintain the access restrictions through the IP address checking that this script employs.

Note: If you use this script and are insterested in receiving e-mail concerning updates and enhancements, please send me electronic mail at pem@po.cwru.edu.