[NTLUG:Discuss] Apache and .htpasswd

[Richard Humphrey]

Never used Authgroup, but i will look into doing that.

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Behalf Of Alton R. Pouncey, II
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 1:32 PM
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Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Apache and .htpasswd


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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