Basic Auth + PAM2014/08/25

	Limit accesses on specific web pages and use OS users for authentication with SSL connection.
[1]	Enable SSL setting, refer to here.
[2]	For example, set Basic Auth under the [/var/www/html/auth-pam] directory.

# install from EPEL

[root@www ~]#

yum --enablerepo=epel -y install mod_authnz_external pwauth

[root@www ~]#

vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/authnz_external.conf

# add follows to the end

<Directory /var/www/html/auth-pam>
    SSLRequireSSL
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "PAM Authentication"
    AuthBasicProvider external
    AuthExternal pwauth
    require valid-user
</Directory>

# create a test page

[root@www ~]#

mkdir /var/www/html/auth-pam

[root@www ~]#

vi /var/www/html/auth-pam/index.html

<html>
<body>
<div style="width: 100%; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">
Test Page for PAM Auth
</div>
</body>
</html>

[root@www ~]#

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart

Stopping httpd: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: [ OK ]

[3]	Access to the test page with a Web browser on Client and authenticate with a user which is on OS.

[4]	Just accessed.

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