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PAM is a very flexible tool for authentication. I use it with Apache for realm-based authentication via MySQL with the help of pam_mysql, and I’m trying to set it up so that there is a “WHERE” clause in the SQL statement.

It goes like this:

auth required pam_mysql.so ignore_root user=user_name passwd=pass_key db=db_name table=table_name \
usercolumn=user_column_name passwdcolumn=password_column [where=another_column_name='value'] \
crypt=your_crypt_setting

Works like a charm!