>>>>> "JPL" == John P Looney <john at antefacto.com> writes:
>> can I set up apache to recognise users?
JPL> I'm not 100% as to what you are looking for, but I suspect
JPL> that SUEXEC is what you are looking for. This will get apache
JPL> to run cgi scripts as various users (usually as the owner of
JPL> said script).
If he just wants to restrict access to content based on username and
password, I believe mod_auth (and variations thereof; check out the
modules list in your Apache docs) is the one to look at.
Gar! I said "content"!
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