In message <3.0.5.32.19980211095713.00951970@hpwp1.technodat.co.at>, Christian Krackowizer <kra1@technodat.co.at> writes: | | At 16:16 10.02.98 +0000, you wrote: | > | >In message <199802101534.QAA19122@pc4.mpn.cp.philips.com>, | >lambermo@mpn.cp.philips.com (Hans Lambermont) writes: | >| > authentication requests without referral, but this in itself leads to | >| > administration problems. i.e how does nntpcache get access to the | >| > authentication data? /etc/passwd? nis? kerberos? tacacs? radius? What | >| | >| Create a sort of plug-in piece of c-code in which users can implement thei | r | >| own authentication calls. fi. we will be using radius only, and we have th | e | >| code for inn's nnrpd ready by hand. Of course when we are ready we will | >| publicize this code (first for squid). | > | >Ideally I'd like to restrict access to *binaries* groups to users listed | >in a file (simply a user per line would do). Our client machines | >from which reading is allowed all run identd, so that's how I'd get | >the username. | >No need for passwords, etc, just authorised users. | > | | I would prefer 'htpasswd' as used with 'apache' server and 'squid' caches. | We're running a lot of NT-workstation where sometimes user change place | without loging out and loging in with their own username. So identd will | report the name of the old user authenticating the new user ... | There's always big discussion (like children) 'it's not me' The more I read about it, the more I like the pluggable modules. We use Apache, .htaccess and the MySQL auth module so I can authenticate web users via a database. If I could do something similar with the ident string I'd be a very happy camper. (Aside: It would also simplify the binaries request mechanism we have. Note: To Proff: Doing it in reverse isn't viable since, as a free unix shell service, we get hundreds of new accounts created every day. Paul. -- The Internet Business Ltd, Holywood House, Innis Court, Holywood, BT18 9HF pgregg@tibus.net http://www.tibus.net/ Phone: +44 (0)1232-424190 Fax: +44 (0)1232-424709 Eight out of every five people are math illiterates.
