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WeBWorK 2.3 contains an Apache authen handler called <code>Apache::AuthenWeBWorK</code>. It allows you to password-protect a directory or location with accounts from a WeBWorK course. This is typically done with HTTP-Basic authentication, but can use any authentication protocol that Apahce supports (such as HTTP-Digest). | |||
WeBWorK 2.3 contains an Apache authen handler called <code>Apache::AuthenWeBWorK</code>. It allows you to password-protect a directory or location with accounts from a WeBWorK course. | |||
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You can only authenticate against a single course per location. | You can only authenticate against a single course per location. | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:15, 17 June 2021
WeBWorK 2.3 contains an Apache authen handler called Apache::AuthenWeBWorK. It allows you to password-protect a directory or location with accounts from a WeBWorK course. This is typically done with HTTP-Basic authentication, but can use any authentication protocol that Apahce supports (such as HTTP-Digest).
Requirements
WeBWorK 2.3.0 or later.
Usage
Configuration looks like this.
<Location /some_protected_location> AuthName "My Protected Location" AuthType Basic PerlAuthenHandler Apache::AuthenWeBWorK PerlSetVar authen_webwork_root /path/to/webwork2 PerlSetVar authen_webwork_course some_course_id require valid-user </Location>
Limitations
You can only authenticate against a single course per location.