auth_dbm?

[steve_f]

i would have liked to use mod_auth but that isn't available in my version of apache. looks like i have to use auth_db or auth_dbm, but i am unsure how i go about creating the database file...

[coopster]

Which version of Apache are your running? mod_auth [httpd.apache.org] has been in

base

for both 1.3 and 2.0. A module labeled as having "Base" status is compiled and loaded into the server by default, and is therefore normally available unless you have taken steps to remove the module from your configuration.

To answer your question though, Apache distributions have a perl script called

dbmmanage

included. The program can be used to create and update DBM format password files for use with the mod_auth_dmb [httpd.apache.org] module.