[TriLUG] htpasswd file

[Ben Pitzer]

Another possibility is using an htgroups file, and modifying your .htaccess
to use group auth.  Thus, your htpasswd file can be large, but you can keep
your .htaccess file small and simple by using groups instead of individual
users.

Regards,
Ben Pitzer

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-admin at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org]On Behalf
> Of Jeremy Portzer
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 2:51 PM
> To: TriLUG List
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] htpasswd file
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>
> On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 14:44, JoJo Almario wrote:
> > Im using an htpasswd file and an .htaccess file for membership onto my
> > intranet.  Is there a certain size or membership limit that is
> > reccomended I not go over in either of those files?
> >
>
> I'm not sure if there's a recommended limit, but it probably becomes
> unwieldly to manage after a certain size.  You might want to consider
> the mod_auth_ldap or mod_auth_mysql packages, which allow you to connect
> Basic Authentication to an LDAP or MySQL database.  (There's probably a
> postgresql version also.)
>
> mod_auth_mysql is what we use on http://mirrors.trilug.org/ -- it works
> pretty well.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jeremy
>
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