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The AuthDBUserFile directive sets the name of a DB
file containing the list of users and passwords for user
authentication.
AuthDBUserFile filename
directory, .htaccessfilename is the absolute path to the user file.
The user file is keyed on the username. The value for a user is the
crypt( )-encrypted password, optionally followed
by a colon and arbitrary data. The colon and the data following it
will be ignored by the server.
Make sure that the AuthDBUserFile is stored
outside the document tree of the web server; do not put it in the
directory that it protects. Otherwise, clients will be able to
download the AuthDBUserFile.
TIP: In regards to compatibility, the implementation of
dbmopenin the Apache modules reads the string length of the hashed values from the DB 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 DB files interchangeably between applications, this may be a part of the problem.
A perl script called dbmmanage is included with Apache. This program can be used to create and update DB-format password files for use with this module.
The AuthDBMUserFile directive sets the name of a
DBM file containing the list of users and passwords for user
authentication.
AuthDBMUserFile filename
directory, .htaccessfilename is the absolute path to the user file.
The user file is keyed on the username. The value for a user is the
crypt( )-encrypted password, optionally followed
by a colon and arbitrary data. The colon and the data following it
will be ignored by the server.
Make sure that the AuthDBMUserFile is stored
outside the document tree of the web server; do not put it in the
directory that it protects. Otherwise, clients will be able to
download the AuthDBMUserFile.
TIP: In regards to compatibility, the implementation of
dbmopenin 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.
A perl script called dbmmanage is included with Apache. This program can be used to create and update DBM-format password files for use with this module.
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