Create and mantain protected folders

[Anon]

Hi,

I am in a little trouble about how to administrate a password protected foder.

I have created a protected folder using the following format:

i. A .htaccess file with format:

    AuthUserFile /etc/chivideo.pwd 
    AuthGroupFile /etc/chivideo.grp 
    AuthName "Enter Your Password" 
    AuthType Basic 
    <Limit GET> 
    require group chilideousers 
    </Limit> 

ii. A password file ~/etc/passwords.pwd with the users and their passwords, one per line.

iii. A group file ~/etc/group.grp with the user names, all on one line.

And is ok.

My trouble is that I need to find a way to add users and passwords to "password.pwd" file trought a PHP script.

I have tested that is impossibile to use htpasswd and pass data to that file, so the last way I have find is to add records to the passwords file that should be not a problem... but...what about the data encryption used by Unix System ?

How can I encrypt the passoword in the same way Unix does ?

Did you know any easier ways to get the same result ?

As I say I need to be able to add and remove users from the password.pwd file from an user friendly web page and it is not possible to protect web pages only because I need to put some files avaible for download inside the folder...

than you for your help.

Fabio

[Anon]

Doing it yourself is probably the easiest way, and to encrypt the passwords, look at the function crypt():

http://www.php.net/crypt

I think thats all you should need.

Hope that helps!

Chris King