Emulate mod_auth_mysql in nginx?

[Floren Munteanu]

> Written from scratch, implementing the MySQL wire protocol?
> 
> By the way, after having implemented a pure PostgreSQL client in
> Python,
> I tried to do the same with MySQL; but protocol design is very bad,
> compared to PostgreSQL, so I gave up; it does not make sense to waste
> time with MySQL, IMHO

My goal is to store into a database table the username/password for a
directory.
Then, to have a htaccess like popup show when someone will reach that
directory.

Right now I can do it easy with a htpasswd file, in nginx.
But I think it is much more convenient to have a web interface where you can
manage the users, etc.
Let me know if there is a similar solution I could use, with all user info
stored into a MySQL database instead of a file.

Thanks.