Thank you, André. That´s because I´m migrating an application from Apache 1.3 to Apache 2.
On Apache 1.3 I was used to Apache::DBI, Apache::AuthDBI, mod_perl, mod_auth_ldap etc. Everything worked fine, but .... Thank you again. Rodney. On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:52 AM, André Warnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rodney Ramos wrote: > >> Great! That´s it! >> >> I´ve tried to use a user called "admin" that exists in the LDAP server. >> >> So, to make the test, I´ve created a crazy username and put it into the >> flat >> file, and it works! >> >> The Apache tries to consult the flat file only if it doesn´t find the user >> in the LDAP server. >> >> Now, another problem (sorry for boring you). Instead of use a flat file as >> a >> second option, I want to use a database. >> >> So, I´ve installed the Apache::DBI module and tried to use the >> Apache::AuthDBI to authenticate in a MySQL database. >> >> Now the problem is that Apache only try to use the Apache::AuthDBI module. >> It doesn´t looking for in the LDAP server any more. >> >> Any idea? Maybe I shoud try to use the mod_authn_dbd instead of >> Apache::AuthDBI? >> >> What do you think? >> >> > Hi. > I think indeed that you try with mod_authn_dbd instead of Apache::AuthDBI, > in this case. > > There are others here that will explain that better than I can (Torsten, > are you there ?), but in a nutshell : > > Modules like mod_xxx are Apache add-on modules written in C. > Modules like Apache::AuthDBI are Apache add-on modules written in Perl, who > themselves work within the framework provided by the mod_perl add-on module > (and the embedded perl interpreter that it carries with it). > mod_perl itself "insinuates itself" fairly deeply into Apache, so that many > times you can do the same things as what C add-on modules achieve (or even > more things), but mod_perl add-on modules and C add-on modules do not always > "cooperate" so well with eachother. > > In the latest Apache 2.x versions, the various mod_authxxxx C modules have > apparently been rewritten so that they cooperate with eachother well. > On the other hand, Apache::DBI is older, and does not cooperate so nicely > with the others. > So you shouldn't mix the two types of add-ons, at least not when it is > within the same Apache "authentication phase". > > This was a very summary explanation, and probably quite insufficient from a > purist technical point of view. If you need more details, ask and I'll try. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
