Re: Setting require in Authentication handler?

I need to decide who has access based on the URI. I guess this means I can't use Apache's Basic auth module, since I can't dynamically set require. Does the cookbook have a code sample of checking the password for basic authentication? -Todd On Mon, 20 May 2002, Geoffrey Young wrote:

Re: Setting require in Authentication handler?

That makes sense. I can't use mod_auth because I can't set Require. I'm using Basic authentication and text based password files. Unfortunately, I can't find an Apache::Auth* module that handles basic authentication against text files. Did I miss it somewhere? Thanks. -Todd On Mon, 20 May

Re: Setting require in Authentication handler?

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Geoffrey Young wrote: Todd Chapman wrote: That makes sense. I can't use mod_auth because I can't set Require. well, if you're saying that you don't have the ability to set the Require directive at all (as in you don't have access to edit httpd.conf), then

Re: Setting require in Authentication handler?

Todd Chapman wrote: Can dir_config be used to set 'require' in an authentication handler? no. dir_config() provides access to a mod_perl specific table of variables, not generic Apache configuration directives. there is no API for setting the Require directive - it needs to be in your

Re: Setting require in Authentication handler?

Todd Chapman wrote: I need to decide who has access based on the URI. I guess this means I can't use Apache's Basic auth module, since I can't dynamically set require. as I was saying, go ahead and set the Require directive on the Location (or whatever) that you want to protect. if a

Re: Setting require in Authentication handler?

Todd Chapman wrote: That makes sense. I can't use mod_auth because I can't set Require. well, if you're saying that you don't have the ability to set the Require directive at all (as in you don't have access to edit httpd.conf), then you can't run any authentication handler - mod_auth,

Re: Setting require in Authentication handler?

, May 20, 2002 6:50 AM Subject: Re: Setting require in Authentication handler? Todd Chapman wrote: That makes sense. I can't use mod_auth because I can't set Require. well, if you're saying that you don't have the ability to set the Require directive at all (as in you don't have access

Setting require in Authentication handler?

Can dir_config be used to set 'require' in an authentication handler? I would then return DECLINED do that Apache's Basic auth handler would do the heavy lifting of checking the password. Thanks! -Todd