[Linux-disciples] Logging into a website with Linux system login

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

I think you want

libapache-mod-auth-shadow - An Apache module for authentication using
/etc/shadow

But I don't know from personal experience.

You might also be able to use libapache-mod-auth-pam.

Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> Is there any way to configure Apache so that basic auth uses
> the Linux username and password to log in? I.e., if I change
> my system password, my Apache login password will change as
> well. Does anyone know how to do this? I've no doubt that
> it's possible; it would seem like one of the first problems
> solved.
>
> Actually, here's another idea: if I already have an account
> on the remote machine, I can encrypt all my communications
> over ssh. Some apps -- for instance imapd -- will accept
> commands on standard input and dump output to stdout;
> because of this, I can use fetchmail to grab my IMAP mail
> over ssh. Shouldn't something similar be available with a
> web browser and a web server? The browser could be made to
> tunnel over ssh, executing some remote command (like wget)
> and pulling the results over to my machine. For some reason
> I trust ssh more than SSL, though I don't know why.
>
> The second paragraph is more speculative than the first,
> hence severable. If you have any suggestions, I'd love to
> hear them.
>

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