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RE: [cobalt-users] DBM auth broken

There is a proposed solution at the end this message. You Should Not Send HTML email to the list. You should only send plain text. See why below...there is a solution below this html crap...but this is what we deal with when you post with
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>   hmm..
>
>   dbm authentication definately seems to be broken on the raq2s... =
> anything apart from the standard htpasswd -c username type =
> authentication seems to be difficult.
>
>   has anyone ever found a workaround, or any way they were able to =
> authenticate over about 10,000 users on a raq2?
>
>   cheers,
>   Nick
>
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Had difficulties on using it on my =
> RaQ3i.=20
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> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>End up using the standard way. As the =
> number of=20
> users is increasing (2000 a week) I will need</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>a solution to the proper =
> method.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ta</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Audric</FONT></DIV>
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> black"><B>From:</B>=20
>   <A href=3D"mailto:vidra@xxxxxxx"; title=3Dvidra@xxxxxxx>Nick G</A> =
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>   <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 13, 2000 =
> 11:08=20
>   AM</DIV>
>   <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [cobalt-users] DBM =
> auth=20
>   broken</DIV>
>   <DIV><BR></DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>hmm..</FONT></DIV>
>   <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>dbm authentication definately seems =
> to be broken=20
>   on the raq2s... anything apart from the standard htpasswd -c username =
> type=20
>   authentication seems to be difficult.</FONT></DIV>
>   <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>has anyone ever found a workaround, =
> or any way=20
>   they were able to authenticate over about 10,000 users on a =
> raq2?</FONT></DIV>
>   <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
>   <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><BR>cheers,<BR></FONT><FONT =
> face=3DArial=20
>   size=3D2>Nick<BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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I would recommend authenticating against a MySQL database using PHP. It is pretty simple to add in and here is tutorial s