[NTLUG:Discuss] Apache and .htpasswd

[Alton R. Pouncey, II]

I don't think you can string AuthUserFiles like that.  I think it
accesses the first one it sees and stops there.  Never tried it though,
so not totally sure.  How about using AuthGroupFile where you specify a
group of users?  Would that suit your needs?

You can read up on AuthGroupFile at:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/howto/auth.html

Alton Pouncey

On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:06, Richard Humphrey wrote:
> I was wondering if something like the following would work.
> 
> AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd .htpasswd2
> 
> or maybe defining this twice
> 
> AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd
> AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd2
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf Of Merlin
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 12:48 PM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Apache and .htpasswd
> 
> 
> 
> Richard Humphrey amused Merlin with these comments:
> > Can Apache be configured to read from more than one .htpasswd file? We
> > have several .htpasswd files and we need to authenticate users on a
> > specific page from each .htpasswd file. How can we do this?
> 
> Richard,
> 
> My understanding is that this is handled on a directory by directory
> basis.  You could, kludgy as it is, put each page in a separate
> directory
> and add a .htaccess file to each directory.  The .htaccess file
> specifies
> which .htpasswd file to use, the name of the realm, and the
> authentication
> type.
> 
> I've only done this on a limited basis, but it's not hard to set up.
> The
> nice thing about the .htaccess file is that it provides "local" control
> for that directory and will override any server configuration settings.
> 
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/auth.html#basic
> 
> Good info here on setting up the .htaccess file and using the htpasswd
> utility.
> 
> 
> --
> Merlin
> "Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards,
> for they are subtle and quick to anger."
> 
> 
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