accessing remote .htpasswd through php

[wannasub]

Hi Guys

I am writing a script but I need some help.

I am trying to access a remote server that has .htaccess enabled. I need to be able to directly access the .htpasswd file and add and delete usernames and passwords using php.

Can anyone tell me how to access through http or any other way.

Cheers

Aaron

[stolzyboy]

i'm sure you probably can, however, not likely that they will let you achieve this, permissions and security issues, also a lot of times, these are held outside of the html folder so you can only access them from the local machine, not from a remote server

[wannasub]

the access issue is not a problem the said remote servers will grant me access through my ip in their .htaccess file. What I need to know is how to action the .htpasswd file given I have they will be giving me full access.

[jerdo]

Horrible idea. Spoofing an IP is too easy and someone else will be able to write to the .htpasswd file, which would be at least a small security hole.