Basic Authentication 5

Alternative Password and Group Databases

mod_auth_db, mod_auth_dbm

Fast hashed access to passwords and group files

mod_auth_nis

Authentication using NIS

mod_auth_ldap

LDAP-authentication

mod_auth_oracle

Using the Oracle database

mod_auth_cookie_msql

Authenticates via a mySQL database, then keeps authentication information in a cookie.

many others...

Using dbmmanage

Adding a user to passwd file:

% dbmmanage /www/etc/passwd adduser lstein New password: ******** Re-type new password: ******** User lstein added with password encrypted to bO/9l9207nNVk

Adding a group to the group file:

% dbmmanage /www/etc/group add web-admin lstein User web-admin added with password encrypted to lstein % dbmmanage /www/etc/group add authors lstein,john,fred,wendy User authors added with password encrypted to lstein,john,fred,wendy % dbmmanage /www/etc/group add guests gloria User guests added with password encrypted to gloria

Viewing contents of a hash file:

% dbmmanage /www/etc/group view web-admin:lstein authors:lstein,john,fred,wendy guests:gloria

Password-Protecting a Directory with a DBM or DB File

  <Location /members_only>
    AuthName  development
    AuthType  Basic
    AuthDBUserFile   /www/etc/passwd
    AuthDBGroupFile  /www/etc/group
    require valid-user
  </Location>

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