Hi, I already have a (intranet only) site powered by CGI::Application, running on Apache/2.0.55 on SunOS 5.10, using perl 5.8.8 compiled from source using GCC. Everything so far works perfectly, we compiled perl from source to avoid messing with the perl compiled with the sun workshop compiler that the OS uses.

Now we require to make a change to the apache config so that authenticates with the local Windows Active Directory, and only lets people in if they are the member of a particular group. From what I have read so far we need to be using mod_perl, and some sort of authen_ldap module.

Does this mean I have to rebuild apache with perl or something? Does anyone have links to any examples of this sort of configuration or tutorials? Is there a better way to do this?

Anyone help explain these topics in laymans terms would be great, I feel out of my depth. Tia

In reply to OT ? : Active Directory Authentication with Perl, Mod_Perl and Apache by Anonymous Monk

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