Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 04:11:21 +0200 From: Matthew West <mwest@uct.ac.za> To: Steven Ames <steve@virtual-voodoo.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Apache mod_auth_pam Message-ID: <20010814041121.A46591@apotheosis.org.za> In-Reply-To: <01ae01c11abf$5e7cd6c0$28d90c42@eservoffice.com>; from "Steven Ames" on Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 02:22:55PM References: <20010727182009.A33792@virtual-voodoo.com> <01ae01c11abf$5e7cd6c0$28d90c42@eservoffice.com>
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On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 02:22:55PM -0500, Steven Ames wrote: > The reason is that pam_unix.so makes a call to getpwnam. getpwnam > won't return a password unless the effective UID of the caller is 0 > (aka root). I had much the same problem. > So... anyone know how to get apache to auth using the unix passwd file? I ended up using ports/www/mod_auth_external; seems to work perfectly. You'll want to compile and install "pwauth" from the distfile by hand, as the port skeleton doesn't do this for you. -- mwest@uct.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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