[cobalt-developers] Apache authentication

[Ian McCall <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.

I've converted a Raq4 over to Debian stable, and I'm trying to get it 
up to the functionality I had with straight Cobalt. Almost there, just 
two features left: WebDAV and Majordomo. Majordomo is a subject for 
another question, so at the moment I'm going to concentrate on WebDAV.

I've got WebDAV (Apache 1.3.x, mod_dav) going using AuthType Digest, 
but the configuration uses .htaccess files which I'm sure weren't 
needed in Cobalt's version. There's also the AuthDB stuff which sounds 
more familiar, but it still all looks a bit manual to me.

Question is then, are people aware of any means of either getting 
Apache to authenticate directly off /etc/passwd? The trouble with doing 
it manually is a) I have to do it myself and can't automate it on site 
creation and b) I can't guarantee that the passwords are going to be 
the same between /etc/passwd and .htaccess.

Any clues?


Thanks,
Ian