Did you try the Apache::Htpasswd module?
/prakash
dave_dunstan wrote:
> Hi gang, I hope this isn't too off-topic, I figure someone will know the
> answer right away. I (my client) wants to manage user permissions at a
> shared-hosting server. I'd certainly use .htaccess, except this particular
> client wants a gui to do this sort of thing (a little form, a little cgi,
> boom bing).
>
> Here's my question - since I can't use an Auth module and a database, can I
> write up a widget that will write .htaccess and .htpasswd files ...? I'm
> thinking I can call htpasswd from perl, but I'm not sure how I'd have perl
> "confirm" the new password at the confirmation prompt from htpasswd.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated!
> Is this just a cracked idea altogether?
>
> Happy Holidays!
>
> Dave Dunstan
> Mission Control Consulting LLC
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