[Tclhttpd-users] [Fwd: Access Control in tclhttpd]

[Erik L. <e.l...@hc...>]

Forwarded from c.l.t.

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Subject: Access Control in tclhttpd
Date: 27 Sep 2004 13:20:57 -0700
From: sve...@bj...
Organization: http://groups.google.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.tcl

Hi,

I have installed vanilla tclhttpd 3.5.1 on my winxp machine to have a
httpd server to run usemod wiki as a cgi-bin. I cannot use apache as
its install wants to access the registry which is closed for userland
modifications. Tclhttpd runs fine and I can browse the pages contained
in the default distribution.

Except the password protected pages.

I have read the acces control page and see that in order to create
users and passwords I should use the Access Control Editor with the
usernale webmaster and the password that is saved in
c:\tmp\tclhttpd.default. I notice that tclhttpd recreates a new
password each time I start the server, but when I want to access the
Access Control Editor with the username and the currently generated
password, I get no access.

I have looked around on tcl'ers wiki and in the Practical Programming
in Tcl and Tk and searched the group without getting any wiser.
The Use of Access Editor talks about AuthUserFile and AuthGroupFile,
but they are supposed to live in /usr/local/htaccess which I guess is
unix only.

I found a passwd and a group file in
c:\tcl\lib\tclhttpd3.5.1\htaccess\win32 but I don't know what to do
with them as I guess they contain encrypted passwords.

Does anybody have a stupid end users guide to getting access control
right on tclhttpd?

-- 
Svenn