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<modulesynopsis metafile="mod_authz_groupfile.xml.meta">
<name>mod_authz_groupfile</name>
<description>Group authorization using plaintext files</description>
<status>Base</status>
<identifier>authz_groupfile_module</identifier>
<summary>
<p>This module provides authorization capabilities so that
authenticated users can be allowed or denied access to portions
of the web site by group membership. Similar functionality is
provided by <module>mod_authz_dbm</module>.</p>
</summary>
<seealso><directive module="mod_authz_core">Require</directive></seealso>
<section id="requiredirectives"><title>The Require Directives</title>
<p>Apache's <directive module="mod_authz_core">Require</directive>
directives are used during the authorization phase to ensure that
a user is allowed to access a resource. mod_authz_groupfile extends the
authorization types with <code>group</code> and <code>group-file</code>.
</p>
within the groupfile require directives.</p>
<section id="reqgroup"><title>Require group</title>
<p>This directive specifies group membership that is required for the
user to gain access.</p>
<highlight language="config">
Require group admin
</highlight>
</section>
<section id="reqfilegroup"><title>Require file-group</title>
<p>When this directive is specified, the user must be a member of the group
assigned to the file being accessed.</p>
<highlight language="config">
Require file-group
</highlight>
</section>
</section>
<directivesynopsis>
<name>AuthGroupFile</name>
<description>Sets the name of a text file containing the list
of user groups for authorization</description>
<syntax>AuthGroupFile <var>file-path</var></syntax>
<contextlist><context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context>
</contextlist>
<override>AuthConfig</override>
<usage>
<p>The <directive>AuthGroupFile</directive> directive sets the
name of a textual file containing the list of user groups for user
authorization. <var>File-path</var> is the path to the group
file. If it is not absolute, it is treated as relative to the <directive
module="core">ServerRoot</directive>.</p>
<p>Each line of the group file contains a groupname followed by a
colon, followed by the member usernames separated by spaces.</p>
<example><title>Example:</title>
mygroup: bob joe anne
</example>
<p>Note that searching large text files is <em>very</em>
inefficient; <directive module="mod_authz_dbm"
>AuthDBMGroupFile</directive> provides a much better performance.</p>
<note type="warning"><title>Security</title>
<p>Make sure that the <directive>AuthGroupFile</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 may
be able to download the <directive>AuthGroupFile</directive>.</p>
</note>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>
</modulesynopsis>