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Justin Erenkrantz e23f2cf993 Update the docs to fully reflect the aaa changes by linking in the new
modules and removing the deleted ones; renaming mod_auth_anon->mod_authn_anon,
and mod_access->mod_authz_host.

All docs to the old modules are now deleted.

Translations were kept with their old modules.  (Can't read Japanese.)


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--><title>mod_authn_dbm - Apache HTTP Server</title><link href="../style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" /><link href="../style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" /><link href="../style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /><link href="../images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head><body><div id="page-header"><p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="../faq/">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p><p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</p><img alt="" src="../images/feather.gif" /></div><div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="&lt;-" alt="&lt;-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div><div id="path"><a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> &gt; <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> &gt; <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/">Documentation</a> &gt; <a href="../">Version 2.0</a> &gt; <a href="./">Modules</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_authn_dbm</h1><table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:
</a></th><td>User authentication using DBM files</td></tr><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:
</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:
</a></th><td>authn_dbm_module</td></tr><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:
</a></th><td>mod_authn_dbm.c</td></tr><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:
</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.44 and later</td></tr></table><h3>Summary</h3>
<p>This module provides authentication front-ends such as
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a></code> and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html">mod_auth_basic</a></code>
to authenticate users by looking up users in plain text password files.
Similar functionality is provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html">mod_authn_file</a></code>.</p>
<p>When using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html">mod_auth_basic</a></code> or
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a></code>, this module is invoked via the
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code> or
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html#authdigestprovider">AuthDigestProvider</a></code>
with the 'dbm' value.</p>
</div><div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authdbmtype">AuthDBMType</a></li><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#authname">AuthName</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#authtype">AuthType</a></code></li><li>
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code>
</li><li>
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html#authdigestprovider">AuthDigestProvider</a></code>
</li></ul></div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthDBMType" id="AuthDBMType">AuthDBMType</a> <a name="authdbmtype" id="authdbmtype">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:
</a></th><td>Sets the type of database file that is used to
store passwords</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
</a></th><td>AuthDBMType default|SDBM|GDBM|NDBM|DB</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:
</a></th><td><code>AuthDBMType default</code></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:
</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:
</a></th><td>mod_authn_dbm</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:
</a></th><td>Available in version 2.0.30 and later.</td></tr></table>
<p>Sets the type of database file that is used to store the passwords.
The default database type is determined at compile time. The
availability of other types of database files also depends on
<a href="../install.html#dbm">compile-time settings</a>.</p>
<p>It is crucial that whatever program you use to create your password
files is configured to use the same type of database.</p>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthDBMUserFile" id="AuthDBMUserFile">AuthDBMUserFile</a> <a name="authdbmuserfile" id="authdbmuserfile">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:
</a></th><td>Sets the name of a database file containing the list of users and
passwords for authentication</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
</a></th><td>AuthDBMUserFile <em>file-path</em></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:
</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:
</a></th><td>mod_authn_dbm</td></tr></table>
<p>The <code class="directive">AuthDBMUserFile</code> directive sets the
name of a DBM file containing the list of users and passwords for
user authentication. <em>File-path</em> is the absolute path to
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>
<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>
<p>Important compatibility note: The implementation of
"dbmopen" in the apache modules reads the string length of the
hashed values from the DBM data structures, rather than relying
upon the string being NULL-appended. Some applications, such as
the Netscape web server, rely upon the string being
NULL-appended, so if you are having trouble using DBM files
interchangeably between applications this may be a part of the
problem.</p>
<p>A perl script called
<a href="../programs/dbmmanage.html">dbmmanage</a> is included with
Apache. This program can be used to create and update DBM
format password files for use with this module.</p>
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