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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 40060] New: - AuthGroupFile should accept /etc/group syntax

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           Summary: AuthGroupFile should accept /etc/group syntax
           Product: Apache httpd-2
           Version: 2.3-HEAD
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: mod_auth
        AssignedTo: bugs@httpd.apache.org
        ReportedBy: Dave@Yost.com


AuthGroupFile requires a syntax that differs from that of /etc/group.  As a result, every time you 
change group membership in /etc/group, you have to rebuild the groups file used by Apache a la the 
attached script.

The AuthGroupFile parser could easily be enhanced to also accept the syntax found in /etc/group, and 
then one could simply point it at /etc/group.

Or there could be a new directive, called something like AuthEtcGroupFile that takes only the /etc/
group syntax.

Or there could be a new directive, called something like AuthGroupFromEtc that looks at both /etc/
passwd and /etc/group to get group membership.  This would also solve the problem of someone who 
belongs to a group by virtue of his /etc/passwd entry but is not listed in the group in /etc/group

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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 40060] - AuthGroupFile should accept /etc/group syntax

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------- Additional Comments From Dave@Yost.com  2006-07-17 17:45 -------
Created an attachment (id=18613)
 --> (http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=18613&action=view)
script to read /etc/passwd and /etc/group and make a file acceptable to
AuthGroupFile


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