Hi: I am trying to implement a database driven solution for a small university website (300+ users) and quite happy with Authentication and Authorization packages provided by mod_perl. However, there doesn't seems to be a solution to dynamically protect a directory without restarting Apache. What I will like to do: Store the URI <Directory> need to be protected in the database with the permitted Groups. What I have done: Using <Perl> and DBI in httpd.conf, and query the database for the directory information every time Apache starts. Problem: For Authentication and Group Authorization, changes in the database will be reflected without restarting Apache. Not so for the URI <Directory> part of it. I have thought about restarting Apache from time to time, but thinking there must be a "lazier" way with performance consideration. Thanks for any comments or tips. Simon Wei
