[rt-users] Re: RT authentication and NIS

[Sean Perry]

David Z Maze wrote:
> "Hswe, Barbara" <b.hswe at genaissance.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>Maybe I missed it in the FAQ, but can RT authenticate logins via NIS?
> 
> 
> Yes, but not directly.  Probably the easiest way to do it is to tell
> Apache to perform HTTP Basic authentication vs. NIS, and then have RT
> believe the username Apache hands it.  If you install the
> Apache::AuthenNIS Perl module, you can tell Apache (httpd.conf)
> 
>   AuthType Basic
>   PerlAuthenHandler Apache::AuthenNIS
>   Require valid-user
> 
> and RT (RT_SiteConfig.pm)
> 
>   Set($WebExternalAuth, 1);
> 

or use pam and the auth_pam apache module.