NATS4 MySQL Auth
Setting up MySQL Auth
This article applies to mod_auth_mysql 3.0
Biller Member Management
Tell the biller to turn off user management on their end.
.htaccess
For NATS password management you'll have to use a mysql auth method, like Apache's mod_auth_mysql. Below are specific configuration settings for mod_auth_mysql:
AuthMYSQLEnable on AuthName "Members Only" AuthType Basic AuthGroupFile /dev/null AuthMySQLHost localhost AuthMySQLDB <name of the nats datatbase> AuthMySQLUser <user for the nats database> AuthMySQLPassword <password for the user for the nats database> AuthMySQLUserTable member_auth AuthMySQLNameField username AuthMySQLPasswordField password AuthMySQLPwEncryption none AuthMySQLUserCondition "siteid=X AND username != '' AND password != ''" require valid-user
Replace X in "siteid=X" to the ID number of one of your sites. To use a single member's area for all of your sites, remove "AND siteid=X" from the line. See the Multisite Access article for more options. The NOT condition prevents anyone from logging in without a username or password.
To use your old password files in combination with mod_auth_mysql, add the following line to the configuration file on top of the auth mod_auth_mysql lines:
AuthMySQLAuthoritative Off
Notes
If other sites on the server use htaccess for authentication, but aren't using mod_auth_mysql, add the following options to the top of their htaccess files:
AuthMySQLEnable Off AuthMySQLAuthoritative Off
Alternate Server Member Management
If your NATS database is not on the same server as your member's area, use the following instructions.
Use the GRANT command to grant the appropriate permissions to the NATS database username at the IP address of each member's area server and change the value of the AuthMySQLHost directive to the IP address of the NATS server. If you don't know how to do this, please request your Host or Server admin to allow the NATS database user to access the database from your members area servers.
