From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 2 13:25:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E9DC37B41E for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:25:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from barryg.mi.celestial.com (dagney.celestial.com [192.136.111.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB34743FAF for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:25:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: by barryg.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id C267A639A6; Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:25:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:25:37 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030702132537.A31725@barryg.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <20030702201929.79497.qmail@web12604.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030702201929.79497.qmail@web12604.mail.yahoo.com>; from sankethb@yahoo.com on Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 01:19:29PM -0700 Subject: Re: Which server-side programming should i choose. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 20:25:41 -0000 On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 01:19:29PM -0700, sanketh sangam wrote: >I have a Apache webserver on FreeBSD machine. I think >mySQL is also installed(I do not know how to check if >mySQl is installed on that sytem). >I am planning to put a user authentication to access >my webpages in the server. For that i need to write >server-side programming. Since there are any >server-side softwares(PHP, ASP, JSP, Perl........) ,I >am confused as to which one would be better for Apache >and freeBSD. >Instead of going for those server-side programming, >should I go for HTTP authentication method. I am >confused. Any kind of help would be appreciated. You can do this a variety of ways. We use mod_auth_mysql in conjuction with .htaccess files as well as php authentication which can use a variety of back-end databases. LDAP is also widely used. The biggest factor is doing something that fits with your other needs, and what's most convenient to maintain the information. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``We maintain that the very foundation of our way of life is what we call free enterprise,'' said Cash McCall, "but when one of our citizens show enough free enterprise to pile up a little of that profit, we do our best to make him feel that he ought to be ashamed of himself." -- Cameron Hawley