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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Andreas Barth
  • Date: 2006-12-09 21:05:45 UTC
  • mfrom: (0.6.1 upstream)
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20061209210545-h70s0xaqc2v8vqr2
Tags: 2.2.3-3.2
http://bugs.debian.org/396265
* Non-maintainer upload.
* 043_ajp_connection_reuse: Patch from upstream Bugzilla, fixing a critical
  issue with regard to connection reuse in mod_proxy_ajp.
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<title>mod_authn_dbm - Apache HTTP Server</title>
 
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<link href="../style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" />
 
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<link href="../images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head>
 
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<body>
 
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<div id="page-header">
 
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<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>
 
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<p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2</p>
 
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<img alt="" src="../images/feather.gif" /></div>
 
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<div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="&lt;-" alt="&lt;-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div>
 
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<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/">Documentation</a> &gt; <a href="../">Version 2.2</a> &gt; <a href="./">Modules</a></div>
 
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<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_authn_dbm</h1>
 
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<div class="toplang">
 
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<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_authn_dbm.html" title="English">&nbsp;en&nbsp;</a> |
 
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<a href="../ja/mod/mod_authn_dbm.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese">&nbsp;ja&nbsp;</a> |
 
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<a href="../ko/mod/mod_authn_dbm.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean">&nbsp;ko&nbsp;</a></p>
 
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</div>
 
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<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>User authentication using DBM files</td></tr>
 
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<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
 
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<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module�Identifier:</a></th><td>authn_dbm_module</td></tr>
 
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<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source�File:</a></th><td>mod_authn_dbm.c</td></tr>
 
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<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.1 and later</td></tr></table>
 
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<h3>Summary</h3>
 
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    <p>This module provides authentication front-ends such as
 
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    <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>
 
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    to authenticate users by looking up users in <dfn>dbm</dfn> password
 
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    files. Similar functionality is provided by
 
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    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html">mod_authn_file</a></code>.</p>
 
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    <p>When using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html">mod_auth_basic</a></code> or
 
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    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a></code>, this module is invoked via the
 
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    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code> or
 
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    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html#authdigestprovider">AuthDigestProvider</a></code>
 
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    with the <code>dbm</code> value.</p>
 
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</div>
 
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<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
 
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<ul id="toc">
 
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<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authdbmtype">AuthDBMType</a></li>
 
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<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</a></li>
 
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<h3>See also</h3>
 
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<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#authname">AuthName</a></code></li>
 
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<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#authtype">AuthType</a></code></li>
 
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  <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html#authdigestprovider">AuthDigestProvider</a></code>
 
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthDBMType" id="AuthDBMType">AuthDBMType</a> <a name="authdbmtype" id="authdbmtype">Directive</a></h2>
 
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<table class="directive">
 
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets the type of database file that is used to
 
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store passwords</td></tr>
 
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AuthDBMType default|SDBM|GDBM|NDBM|DB</code></td></tr>
 
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>AuthDBMType default</code></td></tr>
 
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr>
 
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
 
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_dbm</td></tr>
 
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    <p>Sets the type of database file that is used to store the passwords.
 
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    <a href="../install.html#dbm">compile-time settings</a>.</p>
 
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthDBMUserFile" id="AuthDBMUserFile">AuthDBMUserFile</a> <a name="authdbmuserfile" id="authdbmuserfile">Directive</a></h2>
 
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<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
 
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AuthDBMUserFile <var>file-path</var></code></td></tr>
 
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_dbm</td></tr>
 
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<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_authn_dbm.html" title="English">&nbsp;en&nbsp;</a> |
 
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<a href="../ja/mod/mod_authn_dbm.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese">&nbsp;ja&nbsp;</a> |
 
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<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>
 
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