Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 12:08:37 -0700 From: "paradive" <james@enfect.com> To: "Raoul Schroeder" <memphis_ms@gmx.net>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PHP password authentication Message-ID: <061f01c018ff$06fdd740$02fea8c0@localdomain> References: <39B7E4B5.4EFAB779@gmx.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: Raoul Schroeder <memphis_ms@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:55 AM Subject: PHP password authentication > Hi, > > I set up apache to run with SSL and PHP. > I would like it to be possible for the intranet users to authenticate > themselves against the standard FreeBSD passwd file. > Two questions: > > a) is this a major security breach (I cannot imagine so, other than > being able to repeatedly try to authenticate, something which could be > controlled by using sessions, but then, i may be completely wrong) > > b) is this doable and how? personally, i'd recommend using htpasswd. paradive To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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