My suggestion would be to subclass AuthDBI to make the constructor
fiddle with the dir_config entries that AuthDBI uses.
See the docs for dir_config (the perl interface to PerlSetVar variables:
http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/api/Apache2/ServerUtil.html#C_dir_config_
I have no idea how subclass friendly AuthDBI is or isn't.
Adam
Tosh Cooey wrote:
WAS: A better way to handle multiple client authentication?
Yeah I use something similar in another application, but in this
application I actually need to change the Auth_DBI_data_source variable
since the "FROM pwd_table" would actually need to be "FROM
clientA.pwd_table" and I can't see how to set this on the fly. I could
probably also set the: Auth_DBI_pwd_table variable as well, but again
the per-request setting is what's throwing me off.
PerlSetVar Auth_DBI_data_source DBI:mysql:clientA
or
PerlSetVar Auth_DBI_pwd_table clientA.pwd_table
Which is why I thought:
RewriteRule ^/(.+)/$ PerlSetVar Auth_DBI_data_source DBI:mysql:$1
I was hoping a SetEnvIf or IfDefine would work but after reading more
about Apache configuration I see it won't.
Anyway, this is straying too far into Apache territory so I guess I will
just set those variables within a modified Apache::AuthDBI
I guess if anyone already knows an auth module that does that above that
would be awesome, or if anyone knows how to easily change PerlVars on
the fly within the Apache config/htaccess space that's be great,
otherwise it's a small change to the above module.
Thanks again!
Tosh
William T wrote:
The documentation alludes to the variable 'pwd_whereclause'. If this
variable is set it will be used in the passwd query. I would try and
set it per client so that the query gets an additional where clause:
SELECT pwd_field FROM pwd_table WHERE uid_field = user AND client =
clientA
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I havn't actually tried this so I don't know if there are any caveats,
but from the docs at least it seems possible. The only trick is
making sure you can reset the pwd_whereclause with each different
client url, and make client an additional column in your pwd_table.
--
-wjt
