PHP authentication against a NT4.0 Server

[unixjim]

Hey Guys,

I am starting work at my old highschool and one of my main projects at the moment is developing the school's intranet.

The school has 550 students and i want to use authentication against the NT server, as MySQL wouldnt be as practical to use as straight out authentication against the database.

I was wondering if anyone has code or has a resourse to point me to, for this.

If you guys need more information, just post it.

Thanks,

[Sir Poop A Lot]

There are scripts on how to use authentication with PHP, here is a simple example:

<?php 
//sample login **** using sessions



$mysql_host = "localhost";        
$mysql_user = "user";            
$mysql_pass = "passwd";        
$mysql_db = "auth";            
$mysql_table = "user";            

    //connect to the database....
    $connection =mysql_connect ("$mysql_host","$mysql_user","$mysql_pass")        
        or die ("I cannot connect to the database... arrgh!"); 
    //select the database ****
    $database = mysql_select_db("$mysql_db")               
        or die ("I cannot select a database!!! arrgh!"); 

    $mysql = "SELECT * FROM $mysql_table";               
    $results = mysql_query("$mysql"); 

    while($**** = mysql_fetch_array($results))                
        { 
        $user=$****[user]; 
        $password=$****[pass]; 
        } 


  if (!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) 
    { 
    header('WWW-Authenticate: Some ****="My ****"');       
    header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized'); 
    //print some **** if somebosy failed to log in
    echo 'You have entered thew wrong password. heh';                    
      exit; 
      } 

else 
    { 
    if($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] == $user && $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] == $password) 
        { 
           //logged in!! w00t
        	echo "Logged in!!";                     
        } 
    else 
        { 
        echo "Huh? I could not log you in";                
        exit; 
        }     
     } 
?>

Then make a database table PHP_AUTH_USER.

Hope this helps.

[SirDice]

I think you're looking for something that can do NTLM authentication.

If so, take a look at mod_ntlm.