See the entry Can I use my /etc/passwd file for Web page authentication? in the Apache FAQ. They say it's a very bad idea. If you still want to do it, take a look at mod_auth_pam, an Apache module ...

If you run a publicly accessible Web server for your own use (and let's face it, if you're reading Linux Journal, there's a very good chance you do), how do you go about limiting the risk of someone ...

I wonder if this is possible to achieve using an .htaccess file.<br>I have a few virtual sites on a Apache server (2.0.43), that I have password protected it with an .htaccess file, everything is ...

Before SFU adopted CAS as its authentication method for the web, we already had an Apache authentication/authorization module that allowed limited access control ...