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9Jun/101

OpenID authentication with the mod_auth_openid Apache module

mod_auth_openid is an authentication module for the Apache 2 webserver. It handles the functions of an OpenID consumer as specified in the OpenID 2.0 specification.

After a user authenticates themselves, the user's identity will be available in the REMOTE_USER variable. A cookie named open_id_session_id is saved to maintain each user's session.

1. Install the module

apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-openid