On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:52 AM, Anders Melchiorsen <m...@spoon.kalibalik.dk > wrote:
> Hi. > > I want to password protect some directories by forwarding the HTTP > authentication to a different URL. That is, rather than using LDAP or MySQL > as a backend, I want to use a CGI script (possibly on a different server). > You can do this with mod_perl and one of these modules: http://search.cpan.org/~chansen/Authen-Simple-HTTP-0.2 http://search.cpan.org/~chansen/Authen-Simple-0.4 Both can be used directly in the Apache configuration file and behave like Apache authentication handlers. The second module requires a bit more work to set up, but can support caching, which can be useful depending on your setting. I have been using a module which is a slightly customized blend of the two for several years now with great success. Hope this helps! ----Scott.
