I've converted a Raq4 over to Debian stable, and I'm trying to get it up to the functionality I had with straight Cobalt. Almost there, just two features left: WebDAV and Majordomo. Majordomo is a subject for another question, so at the moment I'm going to concentrate on WebDAV.
I've got WebDAV (Apache 1.3.x, mod_dav) going using AuthType Digest, but the configuration uses .htaccess files which I'm sure weren't needed in Cobalt's version. There's also the AuthDB stuff which sounds more familiar, but it still all looks a bit manual to me.
Question is then, are people aware of any means of either getting Apache to authenticate directly off /etc/passwd? The trouble with doing it manually is a) I have to do it myself and can't automate it on site creation and b) I can't guarantee that the passwords are going to be the same between /etc/passwd and .htaccess.
http://www.cobaltfaqs.com/wiki/index.php/PasswordProtectingDirectories
Look in the "Using PAM" section at the bottom. Please note the security issue with doing this:
Unless you have SSL encryption in place, the users'
passwords in this method will be sent basically in
clear text. Thus this method IS NOT RECOMMENDED, and
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