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André Malo
2002-12-12 07:02:57 +00:00
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@ -62,16 +62,17 @@ lower level modules</td></tr>
<strong>no userID</strong> or <strong>rule</strong> matching the
supplied userID. If there is a userID and/or rule specified, the usual
password and access checks will be applied and a failure will give
an Authorization Required reply.</p>
an "Authentication Required" reply.</p>
<p>So if a userID appears in the database of more than one module;
or if a valid <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#require">Require</a></code>
directive applies to more than one module; then the first module
will verify the credentials; and no access is passed on;
regardless of the AuthAuthoritative setting.</p>
regardless of the <code class="directive">AuthBasicAuthoritative</code>
setting.</p>
<p>By default control is not passed on and an unknown userID or
rule will result in an Authorization Required reply. Not setting
rule will result in an "Authentication Required" reply. Not setting
it thus keeps the system secure and forces an NCSA compliant
behaviour.</p>

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@ -72,16 +72,17 @@ lower level modules</description>
<strong>no userID</strong> or <strong>rule</strong> matching the
supplied userID. If there is a userID and/or rule specified, the usual
password and access checks will be applied and a failure will give
an Authorization Required reply.</p>
an "Authentication Required" reply.</p>
<p>So if a userID appears in the database of more than one module;
or if a valid <directive module="core">Require</directive>
directive applies to more than one module; then the first module
will verify the credentials; and no access is passed on;
regardless of the AuthAuthoritative setting.</p>
regardless of the <directive>AuthBasicAuthoritative</directive>
setting.</p>
<p>By default control is not passed on and an unknown userID or
rule will result in an Authorization Required reply. Not setting
rule will result in an "Authentication Required" reply. Not setting
it thus keeps the system secure and forces an NCSA compliant
behaviour.</p>
</usage>

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@ -94,15 +94,16 @@ passwords for authentication</td></tr>
the user file.</p>
<p>The user file is keyed on the username. The value for a user is
the <code>crypt()</code> encrypted password, optionally followed
by a colon and arbitrary data. The colon and the data following it
will be ignored by the server.</p>
the encrypted password, optionally followed by a colon and arbitrary
data. The colon and the data following it will be ignored by the
server.</p>
<p>Security: make sure that the
<code class="directive">AuthDBMUserFile</code> is stored outside the
document tree of the web-server; do <em>not</em> put it in the
directory that it protects. Otherwise, clients will be able to
download the <code class="directive">AuthDBMUserFile</code>.</p>
<div class="warning"><h3>Security:</h3>
<p>Make sure that the <code class="directive">AuthDBMUserFile</code> is stored
outside the document tree of the web-server; do <em>not</em> put it in
the directory that it protects. Otherwise, clients will be able to
download the <code class="directive">AuthDBMUserFile</code>.</p>
</div>
<p>Important compatibility note: The implementation of
<code>dbmopen</code> in the apache modules reads the string length of

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@ -49,15 +49,16 @@ passwords for authentication</description>
the user file.</p>
<p>The user file is keyed on the username. The value for a user is
the <code>crypt()</code> encrypted password, optionally followed
by a colon and arbitrary data. The colon and the data following it
will be ignored by the server.</p>
the encrypted password, optionally followed by a colon and arbitrary
data. The colon and the data following it will be ignored by the
server.</p>
<p>Security: make sure that the
<directive>AuthDBMUserFile</directive> is stored outside the
document tree of the web-server; do <em>not</em> put it in the
directory that it protects. Otherwise, clients will be able to
download the <directive>AuthDBMUserFile</directive>.</p>
<note type="warning"><title>Security:</title>
<p>Make sure that the <directive>AuthDBMUserFile</directive> is stored
outside the document tree of the web-server; do <em>not</em> put it in
the directory that it protects. Otherwise, clients will be able to
download the <directive>AuthDBMUserFile</directive>.</p>
</note>
<p>Important compatibility note: The implementation of
<code>dbmopen</code> in the apache modules reads the string length of