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Asked: 2011-06-23 10:15:56 +0800 CST

Can Apache be integrated with 3rd party cookie session authentication/authorization?

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I'd like to configure Apache to serve files directly from the file system but authenticate/authorize users. How can Apache be configured so it calls my auth middleware?

Basically:

1) Redirect to login if user is not authenticated. Check session cookie against database otherwise.

2) Allow access to certain files based on who the user is (authorization).

apache-2.2 authentication configuration authorization middleware

1 Answers

  1. Try a Google search for "apache single signon" or "apache sso". In particular, look at:

    All of these implement almost exactly the mechanism you've described.

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