On 11-Jun-99 Fomichev Michael wrote:
> Hi, all !
> I'm trying to show data from the PostgreSQL database to the Web page,
> using WWW-SQL. I want the users to get an access to the database from the
> browsers under their own names. To achieve this I configured Apache so
> that it would authenticate an user when the user enters the directory with
> CGI-scripts. I'd like that the name and the password of the user having
> been authenticated, will be used in CGI-script for the access to the
> database.
> I can get the user's name via environment variable $REMOTE_USER, wich is
> set by Apache.
>
> Now the question: is it possible to get the password, which the user has
> entered by the authentication ?
>
> I know one solution. But it requires hacking of Apache.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
Perhaps try to use mod_perl with Apache::AuthenDBI and Apache::Authz ?!
Ciao...
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