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| author | Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de> | 2011-12-27 19:42:03 +0100 |
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| committer | Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de> | 2011-12-27 19:42:03 +0100 |
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.html.en new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fa0d304e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.html.en @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head><!-- + XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX + This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT + XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX + --> +<title>mod_authn_file - 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 2.2</p> +<img alt="" src="../images/feather.gif" /></div> +<div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div> +<div id="path"> +<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.2</a> > <a href="./">Modules</a></div> +<div id="page-content"> +<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_authn_file</h1> +<div class="toplang"> +<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_authn_file.html" title="English"> en </a> | +<a href="../ja/mod/mod_authn_file.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> | +<a href="../ko/mod/mod_authn_file.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a></p> +</div> +<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>User authentication using text files</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>authn_file_module</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_authn_file.c</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.1 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_dbm.html">mod_authn_dbm</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 <code>file</code> value.</p> +</div> +<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3> +<ul id="toc"> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a></li> +</ul> +<h3>See also</h3> +<ul class="seealso"> +<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> +<li><code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code></li> +<li><code class="program"><a href="../programs/htdigest.html">htdigest</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="AuthUserFile" id="AuthUserFile">AuthUserFile</a> <a name="authuserfile" id="authuserfile">Directive</a></h2> +<table class="directive"> +<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets the name of a text file containing the list of users and +passwords for authentication</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AuthUserFile <var>file-path</var></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>Base</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_file</td></tr> +</table> + <p>The <code class="directive">AuthUserFile</code> directive sets the name + of a textual file containing the list of users and passwords for + user authentication. <var>File-path</var> is the path to the user + file. If it is not absolute, it is treated as relative to the + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.</p> + + <p>Each line of the user file contains a username followed by + a colon, followed by the encrypted password. If the same user + ID is defined multiple times, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html">mod_authn_file</a></code> will + use the first occurrence to verify the password.</p> + + <p>The utility <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code> + which is installed as part of the binary distribution, or which + can be found in <code>src/support</code>, is used to maintain + the password file for <em>HTTP Basic Authentication</em>. See the + <a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">man page</a> for more details. + In short:</p> + + <p>Create a password file <code>Filename</code> with + <code>username</code> as the initial ID. It will prompt for + the password:</p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + htpasswd -c Filename username + </code></p></div> + + <p>Add or modify <code>username2</code> in the password file + <code>Filename</code>:</p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + htpasswd Filename username2 + </code></p></div> + + <p>Note that searching large text files is <em>very</em> + inefficient; <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</a></code> should be used + instead.</p> + + <p>If you are using <em>HTTP Digest Authentication</em>, the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code> tool is not sufficient. + You have to use <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htdigest.html">htdigest</a></code> + instead. Note that you cannot mix user data for Digest Authentication + and Basic Authentication within the same file.</p> + + <div class="warning"><h3>Security</h3> + <p>Make sure that the <code class="directive">AuthUserFile</code> is + stored outside the document tree of the web-server. Do + <strong>not</strong> put it in the directory that it protects. + Otherwise, clients may be able to download the + <code class="directive">AuthUserFile</code>.</p> + </div> + +</div> +</div> +<div class="bottomlang"> +<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_authn_file.html" title="English"> en </a> | +<a href="../ja/mod/mod_authn_file.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> | +<a href="../ko/mod/mod_authn_file.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a></p> +</div><div id="footer"> +<p class="apache">Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation.<br />Licensed under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License, Version 2.0</a>.</p> +<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></div> +</body></html>
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