Re: php/.htaccess/.htpasswd

From:	Mike Eheler	Date:	Fri, 03 May 2002 23:07:59 +0000
Subject:	Re: php/.htaccess/.htpasswd
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It's possible, but is it really recommended? Wouldn't the .htaccess/.htpasswd file have to be owned by the apache user, which might leave it open to being overwritten by any kind of a weak/exploitable script? Mike Josh & Valerie McCormack wrote:

I've used the script phtaccess, which I think used the mentioned class. Super easy to use. Josh
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Kelly Meeks wrote:
Is is possible to use php to admin a password file used by a .htaccess file?
    You should check the File_Passwd class from PEAR.
    http://chora.php.net/cvs.php/php4/pear/File
-- Mika Tuupola http://www.appelsiini.net/~tuupola/