On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Krist van Besien
<krist.vanbesien@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Tom Donovan <donovant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> It may not be possible to do what you want. Apache locates the file to
>> serve before deciding whether to prompt for authentication.
>
> That is not entirely true. When a request comes in apache does an
> "early location walk" verifying <location> blocks before the URI to
> Filename phase (where rewriting takes place)
>
> So it should be possible if you use a <location> block.
>
> <Location /isp/stats>
>
> # Put DBM authentication arguments here
> ....
> </Location>
>
> RewriteRule /isp/stats /%{ENV:AUTHENTICATE_URL}
The authentication happens between the two phases where Rewrite can be
run (translate name for per-vhost, fixups during per-dir/htaccess)
You might be able to run Rewrite early but use the lookahead feature,
or wrap them in directory containers.
--
Eric Covener
covener@xxxxxxxxx
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