RE: [cobalt-users] database based .htaccess authentication

["Phil Beynon" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hello,
> 	I would really appreciate some advice.  I am trying to use 
> .htaccess to
> do authentication using a MySQL database.  I have looked at several
> options but have ran into walls with all of them.  I am working on a
> Raq4 right now but would like my project to be compatible with all (3-4
> I guess, may 2 also) versions of the Raqs.  I have looked at
> Apache::AuthDBI....needs mod_perl...which breaks raqs.   I looked at
> mod_mysql_auth which will not compile on a my raqs. I really don't know
> which way to go with this at this point. I was really hoping someone
> else has already been through this and could give me some advice. I
> should have just used PHP or something :) Anyway any advice would be
> much appreciated.
> 
> Thank You
> Ryan

Ryan,
PHP is the way I do this, it works much better inter-platform.

Phil

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