Re: Script to change .htaccess password?
Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk)
Tue, 2 Jan 1996 22:35:18 +0000
> From: hickey@ctron.com
>
> > > >> From: dougm@osf.org (Doug MacEachern)
> > > >>
> > > >> I have written a little set of modules that can do this sort of thing.
> > > >> If there is enough interest, I'd be willing to clean them up and
> > > >> release them. There's the HTTP::Admin base class, with Text, DBM, and
> > > >> SQL sub classes. It looks something like this:
>
> I too have a set of perl objects for working with password and group
> files. I use it for administering our WWW site, and within scripts that
> allow users to create their own accounts.
>
> > Umm, how about a module called
> >
> > HTTPD::UserAdmin
> >
> > with subclasses as needed?
>
> I orignally put my modules under WWW::User and WWW::Group (somewhat to
> follow with RobotRules.pm--since it is web specific).
HTTPD seems better suited since the modules would be specifically related
to the management of http daemons/servers.
WWW is rather too vague. I'd be happy if no more modules went into that
category. Now I've added HTTPD::* there seems to be no need for WWW::*.
> I have just never
> found enough time to clean up the code and see about getting it put
> in the CPAN archives.
>
> I think it would be good for all of us that have working modules to get
> together and look at what each other has done, and build a superset module.
Or at least prevent duplication of effort. Perhaps you could just send your
code to Doug to see if any of it can be incorporated into his modules.
Tim.