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(assuming you have a domain you can control/create subdomains on)

I just set it up. Took about 30 geeky minutes, including a 20 minute call in which I was attempted to be recruited about a job in Northern Virginia.

It’s two php scripts, a very little console work, and if you’re hosting on Dreamhost and running PHP as CGI, some additional cruft in the .htaccess file.

The scripts are in a package called phpMyID.

The console work is in that package’s readme (basically hashing your ID, your PHP realm and your chosen password and sticking it in the configuration file - one of the two php scripts).

The .htaccess file work is described here. A note about the .htaccess stuff: If you’re running csh or tcsh, take the stuff out of single quotes and put them directly in the .htaccess file with a text editor or else the shell will misinterpret the ! and other punctuation and screw it up for you.

Apparently you can host multiple IDs if you want with various intelligent file clonings and tweakings, but the system’s really designed for individual IDs per subdomains/domains.