From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14998 invoked by alias); 10 May 2014 12:50:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 14986 invoked by uid 89); 10 May 2014 12:50:10 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtpback.ht-systems.ru Received: from smtpback.ht-systems.ru (HELO smtpback.ht-systems.ru) (78.110.50.181) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Sat, 10 May 2014 12:50:08 +0000 Received: from [91.76.98.252] (helo=darkdragon.lan) by smtp.ht-systems.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1Wj6j4-0006Mz-8O; Sat, 10 May 2014 16:50:02 +0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (HELO localhost) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Sat, 10 May 2014 12:47:22 -0000 Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 12:50:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <1072633105.20140510163759@yandex.ru> To: Andrew DeFaria , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Setting up Apache2 with mod_perl and Apache2::AuthCookieLDAP In-Reply-To: References: <53691F19.1080606@audience.com> <536ACBEC.7000409@etr-usa.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-05/txt/msg00192.txt.bz2 Greetings, Andrew DeFaria! >> I still think you're begging for trouble by building new software on top >> of mod_perl in 2014, though. :) > I'm tempted to say: "I'm a consultant and trouble rarely follows me" ;-) > however I am also a professional. Still I do what my client asks me to > do. The client didn't even ask me to use mod_perl! In fact they don't > use it but wanted to start (that's how far behind they are(?)). > I don't even understand why I need mod_perl at all... I just want to > authenticate via LDAP to the Active Directory domain server. I set up > the basic authentication using LDAP/Active Directory authentication but > the boss is saying he'd like it make it more convenient for the > engineers and use cookies so they don't have to log in every time they > restart their browser. I looked up about authentication and cookies and > that led me to Apache2::AuthCookieLDAP, which is pulling in the whole > mod_perl thing... Native Apache + mod_sspi (transparent authentication for browsers supporting NTLM web auth). Don't know, in which state of things it is ATM, but that's what I was using back in the days of Windows server. > ... You're in a twisty maze of dependencies, all different... If you clearly state, what you actually want to do, the answer usually float to the top. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 10.05.2014, <16:35> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple