On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:10:27 -0700
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Michael B Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >> mod_auth_kerb can (via BasicAuth), but you need to have the passwords
> >> in some Kerberos database.  It doesn't help if they're only in LDAP.
> 
> > I'm a little confused by this statement. If mod_auth_kerb uses
> > krb5_get_init_creds_password it shouldn't care where passwords are.
> 
> It only does Kerberos authentication.  If the passwords are stored as
> encrypted hashes in an LDAP directory server (which is what people
> normally mean when they talk about "LDAP authentication"), it doesn't
> help.

Actually I think mod_auth_ldap just uses ldap_bind functions to
"authenticate" so the passwords "stored as encrypted hashes" part still
confuses me a little.

But you're right. I see now that the OP was asking about Basic for users
NOT in AD so it doesn't sound like he would be able to use mod_auth_kerb.

Mike

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Michael B Allen
PHP Active Directory SSO
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