PERL Miscellaneous - FAQ 9.13 How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?

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FAQ 9.13 How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?

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2005-05-26, 3:59 pm

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9.13: How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?

The HTTPD::UserAdmin and HTTPD::GroupAdmin modules provide a consistent
OO interface to these files, regardless of how they're stored. Databases
may be text, dbm, Berkeley DB or any database with a DBI compatible
driver. HTTPD::UserAdmin supports files used by the `Basic' and `Digest'
authentication schemes. Here's an example:

use HTTPD::UserAdmin ();
HTTPD::UserAdmin
->new(DB => "/foo/.htpasswd")
->add($username => $password);

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Sam

2005-05-26, 9:00 pm

PerlFAQ Server wrote:

> This message is one of several periodic postings to comp.lang.perl.misc
> intended to make it easier for perl programmers to find answers to
> common questions. The core of this message represents an excerpt
> from the documentation provided with Perl.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 9.13: How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
>
> The HTTPD::UserAdmin and HTTPD::GroupAdmin modules provide a consistent
> OO interface to these files, regardless of how they're stored. Databases
> may be text, dbm, Berkeley DB or any database with a DBI compatible
> driver. HTTPD::UserAdmin supports files used by the `Basic' and `Digest'
> authentication schemes. Here's an example:
>
> use HTTPD::UserAdmin ();
> HTTPD::UserAdmin
> ->new(DB => "/foo/.htpasswd")
> ->add($username => $password);
>
I guess it is simply like add or del, something similar to commandline.
if there is no perl function to handle that, use popen() in perl.

Sam

>
>

brian d foy

2005-05-27, 8:57 pm

In article <d75dka$2dp7$1@news.hgc.com.hk>, Sam <sam++@--.com> wrote:

> PerlFAQ Server wrote:

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> I guess it is simply like add or del, something similar to commandline.
> if there is no perl function to handle that, use popen() in perl.

You don't want to open a pipe to commands that don't exist. My
oeprating systems don't have the ones that you mention.

--
brian d foy, comdog@panix.com
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