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<H1>Module mod_auth_dbm</h1>
This module is contained in the <code>mod_auth_dbm.c</code> file, and
is not compiled in by default. It provides for user authentication using
DBM files. See the <A HREF="auth_dbm.html">DBM user documentation</a>.
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<li><A HREF="#authdbmgroupfile">AuthDBMGroupFile</A>
<li><A HREF="#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</A>
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<A name="authdbmgroupfile"><h2>AuthDbmGroupFile</h2></A>
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<strong>Syntax:</strong> AuthGroupFile <em>filename</em><br>
<Strong>Context:</strong> directory, .htaccess<br>
<Strong>Override:</strong> AuthConfig<br>
<strong>Status:</strong> Extension<br>
<strong>Module:</strong> mod_auth_dbm<p>
The AuthDBMGroupFile directive sets the name of a DBM file containing the list
of user groups for user authentication. <em>Filename</em> is the absolute path
to the group file.<p>
The group file is keyed on the username. The value for a user is a
comma-separated list of the groups to which the users belongs. There must
be no whitespace within the value, and it must never contain any colons.<p>
Security: make sure that the AuthDBMGroupFile is stored outside the
document tree of the webserver; do <em>not</em> put it in the directory that
it protects. Otherwise, clients will be able to download the
AuthDBMGroupFile.<p>
See also <A HREF="core.html#authname">AuthName</A>,
<A HREF="core.html#authtype">AuthType</A> and
<A HREF="#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</A>.<p><hr>
<A name="authdbmuserfile"><h2>AuthDBMUserFile</h2></A>
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<strong>Syntax:</strong> AuthDBMUserFile <em>filename</em><br>
<Strong>Context:</strong> directory, .htaccess<br>
<Strong>Override:</strong> AuthConfig<br>
<strong>Status:</strong> Extension<br>
<strong>Module:</strong> mod_auth_dbm<p>
The AuthDBMUserFile directive sets the name of a DBM file containing the list
of users and passwords for user authentication. <em>Filename</em> is the
absolute path to the user file.<p>
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.<p>
Security: make sure that the AuthDBMUserFile is stored outside the
document tree of the webserver; do <em>not</em> put it in the directory that
it protects. Otherwise, clients will be able to download the
AuthDBMUserFile.<p>
See also <A HREF="core.html#authname">AuthName</A>,
<A HREF="core.html#authtype">AuthType</A> and
<A HREF="#authdbmgroupfile">AuthDBMGroupFile</A>.<p>
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