Re: [gentoo-user] Restrict certain web users by IP

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

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> > I want users jack and jill to be able to access the web content from
> > any IP address, and I want users john and jacob to be able to access
> > the web content only if they are coming from a certain IP address.  I
> > don't want anyone else to have access.
> >
> > - Grant
>
> Run two vhosts that deliver the same content from the same DocumentRoot
>
> One has jack and jill as users in htpasswd with no acls in place
> The other has john and jacob as users in a different htpasswd with IP
> acls in place
>
> Trying to specify access rules to a group of users and not to other
> users all in the same context is a problem that will drive you nuts in a
> day. Rather side-step it entirely by applying your rules globaly to two
> different things.

So I'm sure I understand, if I want to keep the IP address which accesses
the web content the same, this means setting up a vhost for a port other
than 80 and 443 which the other vhosts are already set up on?

- Grant

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