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Subject: Re: Authentication API 
In-reply-to: rst's message of Wed, 17 Jul 1996 13:35:53 -0400.
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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 13:03:40 -0500
From: Randy Terbush <randy@zyzzyva.com>
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>   > Ummmm... there are several ways this could be done, and it's impossible
>   > to say what would be best without knowing *why* you want this.  What 
>   > problem are you trying to solve?
> 
>   I would like to have access in the request_rec to information
>   regarding Access control and active Options for a given URL.
> 
> I hate to repeat myself, but I have to.  Why do you want this
> information?  What problem are you trying to solve?  (You said what
> information you want the first time.  I'd like to know why you want
> it.  To repeat myself again, there are a bunch of different ways to
> get at it, and which is best will really depend on what you are trying
> to do --- and just saying "get access to this information" obviously
> doesn't discriminate among the choices).
> 
> rst

I would like to provide an interface to allow editing/configuring
of these per_directory controls.