i am using apache web server. It provide 3 types of authentication. But for
me OS integrated authentication of user is required. As it is possible in
windows & IIS... why not with linux and apache?

with regards,
arun
Lucid Software ltd.


-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Browne [mailto:cbbrowne@c...]
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:34 AM
To: Pro Linux Programming
Subject: [pro_linux_programming] Linux Authentication


> 1. Linux Authentication
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Linux Authentication
> From: "arun" <arun@l...>
> Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 14:32:36 +0530
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
> Hi all,
>
> How to get the user authenticated by a linux system.? When a user enters
> through http port and login his username and password has to be validated
by
> the linux security system.
>
> I have done that in Windows server having setup in the IIS server to
> authenticate the user.
>
> Is there any way in linux to do it?

This isn't a "Linux" question; there is no such thing as a "Linux security
system."  (Well, there's PAM, but it's not typically used for web servers,
and
it's distinct from the OS kernel...)

What you _actually_ need to look into is the documentation for whichever web
server you are using.

There are a whole bunch of different web servers that run on Linux, each
with
its own security features, and the way that authentication is configured
should be described in the documentation for that web server.  If it's not,
then you'll presumably have to puzzle through the source code for the web
server, assuming that the web server actually supports user authentication.
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