Making apache .htaccess use unix passwords

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07-01-2004, 01:05 AM	#1
Mikessu Member Registered: Sep 2003 Distribution: Gentoo, FreeBSD 5.1 Posts: 122 Rep:	Making apache .htaccess use unix passwords I'd like to know is it possible to make Apache with .htaccess files to ask login name and use unix-password from password file in /etc, so I wouldn't have to write .htpasswd file at all. I've readed some apache docs but there was only infromation regarding .htpasswd file.

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