[medusa] Re: drop in medusa?

[cmenzel@s...]

cmenze-@s... wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/medusa/?start=72
> cmenzel@s... writes:
> > I administer a site running apache with basic .htaccess
authorization.
> > I would like to 'drop in' medusa but need to use the existing
htaccess/
> > htpasswd files already in place. Is there a module to use or is
this
> > built into medusa?
> 
> The best approach depends on how you are using .htaccess files. If
> you have a site with thousands of users maintaining their own
.htaccess 
> files, then you'll probably want a specialized handler that looks for
> these and parses them on the fly.
> 
> If on the other hand you have a simple global password file I would
> suggest ignoring .htaccess itself (and writing a simple
> dictionary-interface wrapper for the actual password file - see how
> unix authentication is done in ftp_server.py).
> 
> If someone else declares interest in this I will throw together a
> quick htpasswd-based auth handler.
> 
> -Sam
> 

Hi Sam,
I think I get it! Maintain the .htpasswd file with a Python module. It
is 
the same idea as maintaining it with the shell script that I use now. I
am
new to Python but will try to write the wrapper.

Thanks,
Chris