I'm looking for a way to password protect certain pages, not just based on whether they are articles and such. Below is the way I do pages that are outside the scoop of the XOOPS modules. I just wrap the pages within a wrapper:

include("mainfile.php");
include(XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/header.php");
$xoopsOption['show_rblock'] = 1;
?>

include(XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/footer.php");
?>

Is there a variable I can use or function to simply decide whether I want certain pages pwd protected using the XOOPS sessions?

Thanks in advance!