Apache w/LDAP Auth (Was: [KLUG Members] OpenVPN)

[Adam Williams]

> I'm setting up a website I want auth against an ldap dir. My ds is eDir,
> Novell's ds. Any pointers on where I can get info on setting apache to auth
> against an ldap dir?

You just need mod_auth_ldap and it's documentation.  This is pretty easy
to setup and should work with any LDAP Server; even AD although roles
and groups might require some tweaking.

A busy web server can generate a lot of bind operations since each HTTP
get is a seperate request and will need to be authenticated.  I'd
recommend creating a replicant for use by just the web server if you
expect a LOT of traffic.