Re: [apache-ssl] Authentication
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Re: [apache-ssl] Authentication



> > I'm sure that /etc/passwd is wrong.  I've looked through the code enough
> > to believe that the file should be either dbm or db format but I'm not
> > sure which.  Which format should the file be in?  How can I build a
> > password file in the proper format?
> 
> Seems u r new to this.
> The password file has to be in 'username:encryptred-password' format.
> This can be created using the 'htpasswd' utility available along with
> Apache itself.

Or, you can also compile in the nis_password module and have your web
server validate against your nis (or local I think) group and passwd
files.

Hope that helps.

	Joshua