Is our only choice changing all the .htaccess files with "require group <group name>" to "require ldap-group cn=<group name>,ou=some long ldap string" in order to make the switch group authorization via LDAP groups? -Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Evans [mailto:tevans.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 4:36 AM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: group authorization via LDAP > > On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 17:18 -0400, Tony Rice (trice) wrote: > > I'm trying to convert from DBM file based authentication and > > authorization to LDAP based authentication and authorization in > Apache > > 2.2.11. > > > > We've already got a large number of .htaccess files with specific > > configs for individual directories that are using "require user" and > > "require group". Is it possible to configure the apache server to > allow > > those .htaccess to continue work as expected or must we change them > to > > "require ldap-user" and "require ldap-group"? > > > > I'm digging through the mod_authnz_ldap docs but the config to > specify > > the base for group authorization (in my case: "ou=GroupStuff,ou=Our > > Groups,dc=Company,dc=Com") just isn't jumping out at me. > > > > This is how we do it: > > AuthType Basic > AuthName "Company" > AuthBasicProvider "ldap" > AuthLDAPURL "ldap://ldap/o=Company?mail?sub?(accountActive=TRUE)" > AuthLDAPBindDN "cn=authuser,ou=System Accounts,o=Company" > AuthLDAPBindPassword "authpass" > AuthzLDAPAuthoritative "On" > Require valid-user > Require ldap-group cn=Department,ou=Groups,o=Company > > > Cheers > > Tom > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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