mod_authnz_mysql

[Christopher Dyck <ma...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I tried to convert mod_auth_mysql to mod_authnz_mysql.
Don't expect too much, it's my first contact with Apache modules.

Code is here: https://github.com/machtfuernacht/mod_authnz_mysql

What I did in a few words:
- Took the sources from
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/libapache2-mod-auth-mysql
(4.3.9-13)
- Added the mutex patch from Rotem Ringel <ro...@jungo.com>
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=603445
- Dropped a lot of redundant config options
- Added "mysql" AuthBasicProvider
- Dropped Apache 1.x support

What I did not:
- Enough testing. It does what I need though. ;)

Regards
Christopher Dyck

Re: mod_authnz_mysql

[Christopher Dyck <ma...@gmail.com>]

Am 17.09.2011 22:41, schrieb Nick Kew:
> 
> On 17 Sep 2011, at 20:45, Christopher Dyck wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried to convert mod_auth_mysql to mod_authnz_mysql.
>> Don't expect too much, it's my first contact with Apache modules.
> 
> Just to check ...
> 
> Are you aware of the DBD framework?  In 2.2 (and up) the standard
> way to use MySQL-based authnz is with mod_auth[nz]_dbd and the
> MySQL backend.

Yes I know the auth[nz]_dbd module but on the one hand I wanted to see
how difficult it is and on the other hand I got used to mod_auth_mysql.
Also DBD limits to one database per server/vhost, auth_mysql doesn't.

> Also, I don't see a license in your module.  You are aware that
> MySQL is GPL licensed.  You should at least check their terms
> before distributing your module under any license other than GPL.

You're right, I forgot to commit the .copyright file from the Debian
package. The used Apache 1.1 license is also accepted according to the
FOSS Exception at the MySQL website.

> Sorry if you already knew all that: there's always room for more
> ways to do a job.  But it wasn't clear from your post!
> 

--
Christopher Dyck

Re: mod_authnz_mysql

[Nick Kew <ni...@apache.org>]

On 17 Sep 2011, at 20:45, Christopher Dyck wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I tried to convert mod_auth_mysql to mod_authnz_mysql.
> Don't expect too much, it's my first contact with Apache modules.

Just to check ...

Are you aware of the DBD framework?  In 2.2 (and up) the standard
way to use MySQL-based authnz is with mod_auth[nz]_dbd and the
MySQL backend.

Also, I don't see a license in your module.  You are aware that
MySQL is GPL licensed.  You should at least check their terms
before distributing your module under any license other than GPL.

Sorry if you already knew all that: there's always room for more
ways to do a job.  But it wasn't clear from your post!

-- 
Nick Kew