Is it possible to use HTTP Basic Auth instead of Cacti login

Post by **rony** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 6:09 am

Version 0.8.7, which is currently in development, does have extensive LDAP and Web Basic (.htaccess) support. We don't have a release date yet.

andrew2 · Post by **andrew2** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:51 pm

Will the basic auth support work with the radius module for apache? I'm in the process of moving to centralized authentication for as much as I can and am looking at RADIUS to do it.

Andrew

monachus · Post by **monachus** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:58 pm

andrew2 wrote:Will the basic auth support work with the radius module for apache? I'm in the process of moving to centralized authentication for as much as I can and am looking at RADIUS to do it.

I can't speak for the developers, but I don't think that Cacti cares what auth module you're using inside of Apache, whether it's mysql, radius, ldap, or internal. As long as it auths and sets REMOTE_USER, Cacti should pick it up just fine.

Post by **rony** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:17 pm

You are correct, all the auth modules for apache will have the REMOTE_USER set. So, when it comes to Cacti and web basic, it doesn't care how the web server authenicated the users, it just cares that a user is authenicated.

bamapookie · Post by **bamapookie** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:14 am

Is there any chance that this will ever be implemented? The bug report indicating that web basic authentication would be added to version 0.8.7 is over 2 years old.

Post by **gandalf** » Thu May 31, 2007 1:02 pm

Lately, a user contribution was published to achieve this. I did not try on my own. Please search using http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=00157 ... 5dbrufpnu
Reinhard

bamapookie · Post by **bamapookie** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:34 am

Thanks. I found the patch for 0.8.6j at http://forums.cacti.net/post-101231.html.

Post by **rony** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:52 am

I will make an effort to port Web Basic into 0.8.6 branch. It is long over due.

Post by **gandalf** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:20 am

Fine! I really appreciate this. It will enable us to integrate cacti into our "Simple Signon" infrastructure. Managers will LOVE it.
Reinhard

Oh, just forgot: Myself, I'm a manager

Post by **rony** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:31 pm

Ok, ok, I will commit to having this in 0.8.6k, and I will entertain the idea of a patch for 0.8.6j and 0.8.6i.

liamr · Post by **liamr** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:35 am

I just installed 0.8.7, and while "Web Basic Authentication" does check for the basic auth headers set by PHP ( $_SERVER[ 'PHP_AUTH_USER'] ), it doesn't check for $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'].

Could it check for both?

Post by **rony** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:28 am

Explain to me why you would want to check both?

I'm open to it, I just need to understand.

Andareed · Post by **Andareed** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:31 pm

I run php via mod_fcgid and PHP_AUTH_USER does not get set but REMOTE_USER does get set, so this would be the reason to check both.

kormoc · Post by **kormoc** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:37 am

Apache with auth type of digest also uses REMOTE_USER and PHP_AUTH_DIGEST rather then PHP_AUTH_USER

thenoob · Post by **thenoob** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:27 am

Hello,
In cacti 0.8.7 changelog, we have this feature:
feature: Add Web Basic authentication
But I don't find how to use it in Settings menu ?
Can you help me ?
Best Regards
TheNoob

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Is it possible to use HTTP Basic Auth instead of Cacti login

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