Re: Authentication IP restriction by user?

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>> I have 2 users who need to be able to access a website from anywhere
>> and 2 users who only need to access it from a certain IP.  Can
>> authentication be restricted to a certain IP for certain users, and
>> not restricted for others?
>>
> Hi.
> You can do pretty much what you want with Apache + mod_perl, in terms of
> access control and authentication.  With Apache and the standard (non-perl)
> Apache modules, I doubt you can do what you indicate above.
> Just in case someone else wants to contradict me and follow this up, can you
> be a bit more precise about what you want ?
>
> Do you want e.g. :
> - any connection from IP 1.2.3.4 will (automatically) be authenticated as
> "userA" and be granted access ?
> OR
> - userA gets access if he not only authenticates with user-id/pw but *also*
> is accessing from IP address 1.2.3.4 ?
> AND/OR

Thanks for your response, the above is what I'm after.  I don't want
certain users to be able to log in with their password unless they are
doing so from a certain IP.

- Grant


> - accesses from addresses other than 1.2.3.4 must always authenticate with
> valid userid/pw ?
> etc..
>
> Depending on your precise requirements, there may still exist a devious
> combination of "Allow from .." and "Require .." and "Satisfy .." that may
> work, maybe.
> Or maybe you could set up 2 <VirtualHost> with slightly different AAA
> requirements, but accessing the same DocumentRoot ?

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