Authenticating Apache from Zope, was Re: [Zope] Move Images to Filesystem from zodb via FTP and WebDAV

[Dieter Maurer]

Paul Winkler wrote at 2004-11-29 16:26 -0500:
>On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 09:51:14PM +0100, Dieter Maurer wrote:
>> You might use Apache instead for the WebDAV access and use
>> its external authentication to just delegate authentication
>> to Zope.
>
>I've briefly considered this before, but AFAICT all it does is
>handle authentication, not authorization. In other words,
>apache will authenticate against zope, but you still need to
>use .htaccess files to tell apache which users can access which data.
>Am I wrong?

I do not know.
I know only from reading the mailing lists that
Apache can delegate authentication to Zope.

Maybe, the authentication modul could be extended to
return group/role information. Then, an ".htaccess" based
on such groups/roles could become feasible.

-- 
Dieter