From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 19 12:36:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from primus.vsservices.com (primus.vsservices.com [63.66.136.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E50437B700 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:36:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from prime.vsservices.com (conr-adsl-dhcp-29-224.txucom.net [209.34.29.224]) by primus.vsservices.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id g2JCeEk24177; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 06:40:14 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from gclarkii@vsservices.com) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 06:40:17 -0600 From: GB Clark To: Søren Neigaard Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Offtopic - Apache+mod_ssl Message-Id: <20020319064017.3c8d27a4.gclarkii@vsservices.com> In-Reply-To: <7112061563.20020319122911@e-box.dk> References: <7112061563.20020319122911@e-box.dk> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.5) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:29:11 +0100 Søren Neigaard wrote: > Hi > > There are some basic concepts about mod_ssl I don't understand. I have > tried the mod_ssl maillist but it seems that they don't like newbie's. > Maybe it's my way of asking they don't like, I'm not sure, but I have > followed the list and seen other newbie's being ignored :) > > So I try my luck here, and hope that one of you will help me out here. > > I have read the documentation (or the documentation I could find), and > I belive that I understand how to configure mod_ssl enough to get > started. But... There is one thing I really don't understand. Users... > Where are the SSL users, where do I manage their usernames/passwords? > > I'm mostly concerned about username/password authentication to start > with, later I will play with certificates. I just cant find any info > on how to manage those user, maybe some of you have a link to this > kind of information. > > -- > Med venlig hilsen/Best regards, > Søren Neigaard mailto:neigaard@e-box.dk > -- > "First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII _ and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure." > Hi, It sounds like you don't want SSL at all! What your looking for is to authorize a user. Checkout http://www.apacheweek.com and see what they have to say about AuthUser (also check apache docs). GB -- GB Clark II | Roaming FreeBSD Admin gclarkii@VSServices.COM | General Geek CTHULU for President - Why choose the lesser of two evils? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message