The following reply was made to PR mod_userdir/1883; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Paul Keck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_userdir/1883: would like to use "dummy" passwd file for userdir determination Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 09:43:39 -0700 (MST) On 27 Feb 1998, Paul Keck wrote: > >Description: > I'm in the process of switching to Apache 1.2.5 from Netscape > Enterprise 3 on a Solaris 2.5 box. I like Apache more so far (and by far), > but there was a nice thing about the NS server- it let you point at any > passwd format file with users' home dir info in it. We have a lot of home > dirs NFS mounted from our primary "user" machine, and we would just put a > passwd entry for them in the dummy passwd file pointing at the mountpoint, > i.e. > > pkeck:**:102:102:Paul Keck:/mounteddir/pkeck:/usr/local/bin/false Is it absolutely necessary to have them in passwd file format? If not, you could easily just use mod_rewrite to handle these. Heck, you could store them in a DBM file too to make it faster.
