Linux dbm_auth

[Rob Hartill <ha...@hyperreal.com>]

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> From nmerilai@tsac.tampere.fi  Wed Nov 29 00:38:32 1995
> From: Nuutti Meril�inen <nm...@tsac.tampere.fi>
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>   Hello,
> 
>   I just do not know where to find the ndbm libs for DBM user authentication.
> I am running Linux, so I have the gdbm libs (though as mentioned, they are
> not compatible). Could you help me out here?
>   I succesfully compiled apache with DBM authentication, but as I linked it
> with gdbm, the authentication does not work (Server Error).
>   Any pointers would be appreciated.
> 
>   When will 1.0.0 be released?
> 
>   Thank you for your time,
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> Nuutti 'Gordon' Meril�inen <nm...@tsac.tampere.fi> : Technostructuralist
> Tampere School Of Art And Communications/Comms. Dept./Multimedia Production
> 

Re: Linux dbm_auth

[Brian Behlendorf <br...@organic.com>]

> > From nmerilai@tsac.tampere.fi  Wed Nov 29 00:38:32 1995
> > 
> >   I just do not know where to find the ndbm libs for DBM user authentication.
> > I am running Linux, so I have the gdbm libs (though as mentioned, they are
> > not compatible). Could you help me out here?
> >   I succesfully compiled apache with DBM authentication, but as I linked it
> > with gdbm, the authentication does not work (Server Error).
> >   Any pointers would be appreciated.

DBM files have a sordid history.  The libraries are *not*, unfortunately, 
compatible, so one can't simply drop gdbm in the place of ndbm.  You'll 
have to go in to mod_auth_dbm.c, find the dbmopen calls, and modify 
them.  Now, if you would like to fix it such that it's a #define -able 
option, we'll add support for it in a future release of Apache.  

> >   When will 1.0.0 be released?

Any second now.

	Brian

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