Hi Monks,

I'm trying to set up a simple access skeleton for a site using mod_perl. But I am struggling to find a combination that works. I am pretty sure the problem is in the apache configuration.

VirtualHost Directive:

PerlOptions +Parent
PerlSwitches -I/media/lib
PerlModule MyLib::SiteAuth
<Directory "/path/to/website/docs">
        PerlAccessHandler MyLib::SiteAuth::access
        Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        order deny,allow
        deny from all 
</Directory>
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The Handler:

package MyLib::SiteAuth;

use Apache2::Access;
use Apache2::Log;
use Apache2::RequestIO;
use Apache2::RequestUtil;
use Apache2::Response;
use Apache2::SubRequest;
use Apache2::URI;

sub access {

        my $request = shift;

        $request->log_error(" - handler accessed");

        return Apache2::Const::OK;
}
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That does not work. The request is forbidden. But if I switch the order directive to allow,deny then have the script return FORBIDDEN it doesn't work that way either. I've tried a few of the other directives (grant, require) and I just can't seem to find the right one.

Basically, I want the request to go though the script and let the script decide if the request is FORBIDDEN or OK then let Apache finish its thing.

Thanks for your help