[Xitami] equivalent to .htaccess

[Eve Atley]

Hi all,

Here is what I'm attempting to do. A client is running the Xitami webserver
on an NT machine and wants password protected directories without a
.htaccess-style popup window. Starting at the login page, they will be shown
a form to enter username/password; a PHP file should then read existing
authentication files and then transfer to login.php if authenticated. How
can I, using Xitami's .aut files, set up a PHP page to read these files and
authorize based on info?

Perhaps this is not truly a Xitami issue; I, however, am not entirely
familiar with Xitami's structure (defaults.aut is the file to access,
perhaps?)

Thanks,
Eve