Zoran, Could auth schemes not be implemented via trace filters?
-- Dossy On 2002.04.08, Zoran Vasiljevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 08 April 2002 19:29, Tom Jackson wrote: > > > > > Someone mentioned that it is difficult to use a different authentication > > I'm afraid it was me :) > > > method in AOLserver. I remember looking through the sources, and seeing > > that all you need to do is write a new C function for this. I'm not sure if > > you have to actually edit the core files to add a new authentication > > method. > > This would be a good thing, but I'm afraid it is not that simple. > > What would be needed is something like Ns_RegisterAuthType() > kind of thing which would invoke user-supplied function when > the server does the request authorization. > Additionaly, one should be able to attach different authorization > schemes to different parts of the servers URL space. This again > is not taken care in the current state. > > There are couple of other issues, related to server itself, > not the nsperm module, which I can't list here, but I've > spotted them as I was snooping arround... > > Zoran -- Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)
