[NTLUG:Discuss] Apache and .htpasswd

[Tom Adelstein]

richard at multicam.com wrote:
> Never used Authgroup, but i will look into doing that.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf Of Alton R. Pouncey, II
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 1:32 PM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> 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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Several scripts exist to allow you to create and manage .htacess. You 
might consider using them.