On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:20:35 +0000 (UTC) Galen Seitz <galens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is it possible to do authorization based on a pattern in the uri? > I'd like to be able to create a single container that would control > access to various directories where the directory name is the same as > an auth group name. For example: > > <DirectoryMatch /share/([^/]+) > > ... > Require group \1 > </DirectoryMatch> No. With Apache 2.2 or lower, the best you can do is use mod_rewrite to map from / or /group/ or (your choice) to an appropriate directory based on REMOTE_USER with a "Require valid-user". In future versions, we hope to offer better options. > <Directory /share/proj1 > > ... > Require group proj1 > </Directory> > > <Directory /share/proj2 > > ... > Require group proj2 > </Directory> You can also use mod_macro to take the pain out of that. -- Nick Kew Application Development with Apache - the Apache Modules Book http://www.apachetutor.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx