* Added native basic authentication support

[project/luci.git] / libs / sgi-webuci / luasrc / sgi / webuci.lua

diff --git a/libs/sgi-webuci/luasrc/sgi/webuci.lua b/libs/sgi-webuci/luasrc/sgi/webuci.lua
index 2beff69..1ad067c 100644 (file)
--- a/libs/sgi-webuci/luasrc/sgi/webuci.lua
+++ b/libs/sgi-webuci/luasrc/sgi/webuci.lua
@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ function initenv(env, vars)
        luci.http.vars = vars
 end
 
+-- Enforces user authentification
+function luci.http.basic_auth(verify_callback, realm)
+       local user = luci.http.env.auth_user
+       local pass = luci.http.env.auth_password
+       realm = realm or ""
+       
+       if not user or not verify_callback(user, pass) then
+               luci.http.status("401", "Unauthorized")
+               luci.http.header("WWW-Authenticate", string.format('Basic realm="%s"', realm))
+               return false    
+       else
+               return true
+       end
+end
+
 -- Returns the main dispatcher URL
 function luci.http.dispatcher()
        return luci.http.env.SCRIPT_NAME or ""