Question

I need some help to configure Twiki, so I can use the file .htaccess and the passwd and group files for user access already exist thru my apache Web server

• TWiki version: latest one
• Web server: apache
• Server OS: solaris 5.6

-- JosephHabib - 23 Apr 2001

Answer

Not easy at present. I suspec that something like use of Apache::AuthzPasswd would have to be written into the twiki code.

AFAIK there is no way to convert given /etc/passwd to a workable .htaccess file. (As it should be.)

Also see: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#passwdauth

-- NicholasLee - 23 Apr 2001

Not exactly. It is very easy to convert a /etc/passwd to a workable .htaccess file, just copy encrypted passwd. What the Apaches docs warn you against is that, with apache, the password will be sent unencrypted from browser to server, so it can be very easily spyied upon, and thus you dont want your /etc/passwd to hold the same passwd! But, it may not be a problem if browser and server are on a secure intranet

-- ColasNahaboo - 24 Apr 2001

Depends on whether apache and passwd use the same hash function.

-- NicholasLee - 26 Apr 2001