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Is it possible to have Apache user the local shadow password file to authenticate users for access to the web server over ssl? I have SSL working along with WebDav, but I want to over the management overhead of using .htaccess files and let the OS handle the authentication. Any ideas?
Yes, that is possible. But rather than accessing it directly I'd strongly suggest using a module that utilizes pam. There are several out there. For instance here: http://pam.sourceforge.net/mod_auth_pam/
Thank you for the reply. I may need to use that in the near future. I am trying to move all of my authentication to LDAP, but its proving a long, hard process to get it working ( pam_ldap isnt' supplying credentials to LDAP correctly. However, I have Apache working with LDAP authentication, so it is a start.
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