is it possible to use a database and a flatfile to authenticate a user for a directory. for example, if the requested user is not found in the database, apache should check the flatfile via mod_auth for the user. this is my current .htaccess files AuthMYSQLEnable On AuthName "Restricted" AuthType Basic AuthGroupFile /dev/null AuthMySQLHost localhost AuthMySQLDB members AuthMySQLUser admin AuthMySQLPassword admin123 AuthMySQLUserTable members AuthMySQLNameField username AuthMySQLPasswordField password AuthMySQLPwEncryption md5 require valid-user