[users@httpd] Re: Question Using mod_auth

[Bryan Richardson <bt...@gmail.com>]

Is there anyone that can help me with this at all?

On Jan 6, 2008 1:14 PM, Bryan Richardson <bt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I currently have Apache 2.2 sitting in front of my Ruby on Rails
> application, proxying non-static requests to the Rails server running on a
> different port.  I have an admin portion of my Rails application that is
> accessed by going to www.mysite.com/admin/.  I want to protect the admin
> portion using mod_auth in Apache, and I was wondering if that would be
> possible since I'm proxying that type of stuff to my Rails server.  Can I
> implement a Rewrite rule to look for attempts to access the admin/ portion
> of the application and force authorization?  If so, can someone provide me
> with an example?  If not, is it possible to do this another way?  Below is
> the relevant portion of my config file that I use to proxy the requests.
>
>   <Proxy *>
>     Allow from All
>   </Proxy>
>
>   RewriteEngine On
>   RewriteRule ^/$ /index.html [QSA]
>   RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
>   RewriteRule .* http://127.0.0.1:3001%{REQUEST_URI} [L,P,QSA]
>
> Thanks in advance!!! -- BTR
>