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Karla · 1999-08-25 19:20:00

Anybody know the best way to do this? I was thinking something like automatically editing the .htpassswd file somehow, but I'm not sure how to encrypt passwords. I've heard of a crypt() function in Perl but I think it's been removed in the latest version. Hmm, I'd have to have some sort of persistent database too, like a…

25-08-1999 8:20pm

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Karla

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Anybody know the best way to do this? I was thinking something like automatically editing the .htpassswd file somehow, but I'm not sure how to encrypt passwords.

I've heard of a crypt() function in Perl but I think it's been removed in the latest version.

Hmm, I'd have to have some sort of persistent database too, like a DBM file.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Karla

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