github.com/krum110487/go-htaccess@v0.0.0-20240316004156-60641c8e7598/tests/data/apache_2_2_34/manual/mod/mod_authn_anon.html.en (about) 1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 2 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> 3 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head> 4 <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> 5 <!-- 6 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 7 This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT 8 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 9 --> 10 <title>mod_authn_anon - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2</title> 11 <link href="../style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" /> 12 <link href="../style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" /> 13 <link href="../style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style/css/prettify.css" /> 14 <script src="../style/scripts/prettify.min.js" type="text/javascript"> 15 </script> 16 17 <link href="../images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /><link href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_authn_anon.html" rel="canonical" /></head> 18 <body> 19 <div id="page-header"> 20 <p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p> 21 <p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2</p> 22 <img alt="" src="../images/feather.gif" /></div> 23 <div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div> 24 <div id="path"> 25 <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> 26 <div id="page-content"> 27 <div class="retired"><h4>Please note</h4> 28 <p> This document refers to a legacy release (<strong>2.2</strong>) of Apache httpd. 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These email 47 addresses can be logged.</p> 48 49 <p>Combined with other (database) access control methods, this 50 allows for effective user tracking and customization according 51 to a user profile while still keeping the site open for 52 'unregistered' users. One advantage of using Auth-based user 53 tracking is that, unlike magic-cookies and funny URL 54 pre/postfixes, it is completely browser independent and it 55 allows users to share URLs.</p> 56 57 <p>When using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html">mod_auth_basic</a></code>, this module is invoked 58 via the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code> 59 directive with the <code>anon</code> value.</p> 60 </div> 61 <div id="quickview"><h3>Topics</h3> 62 <ul id="topics"> 63 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#example">Example</a></li> 64 </ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3> 65 <ul id="toc"> 66 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#anonymous">Anonymous</a></li> 67 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#anonymous_logemail">Anonymous_LogEmail</a></li> 68 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#anonymous_mustgiveemail">Anonymous_MustGiveEmail</a></li> 69 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#anonymous_nouserid">Anonymous_NoUserID</a></li> 70 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#anonymous_verifyemail">Anonymous_VerifyEmail</a></li> 71 </ul> 72 <ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div> 73 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> 74 <div class="section"> 75 <h2><a name="example" id="example">Example</a></h2> 76 <p>The example below is combined with "normal" htpasswd-file based 77 authentication and allows users in additionally as 'guests' with the 78 following properties:</p> 79 80 <ul> 81 <li>It insists that the user enters a userID. 82 (<code class="directive"><a href="#anonymous_nouserid">Anonymous_NoUserID</a></code>)</li> 83 84 <li>It insists that the user enters a password. 85 (<code class="directive"><a href="#anonymous_mustgiveemail">Anonymous_MustGiveEmail</a></code>)</li> 86 87 <li>The password entered must be a valid email address, <em>i.e.</em> 88 contain at least one '@' and a '.'. 89 (<code class="directive"><a href="#anonymous_verifyemail">Anonymous_VerifyEmail</a></code>)</li> 90 91 <li>The userID must be one of <code>anonymous guest www test 92 welcome</code> and comparison is <strong>not</strong> case 93 sensitive. (<code class="directive"><a href="#anonymous">Anonymous</a></code>)</li> 94 95 <li>And the Email addresses entered in the passwd field are 96 logged to the error log file. 97 (<code class="directive"><a href="#anonymous_logemail">Anonymous_LogEmail</a></code>)</li> 98 </ul> 99 100 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code> 101 <Directory /foo> 102 <span class="indent"> 103 AuthName "Use 'anonymous' & Email address for guest entry"<br /> 104 AuthType Basic<br /> 105 AuthBasicProvider file anon<br /> 106 AuthUserFile /path/to/your/.htpasswd<br /> 107 <br /> 108 Anonymous_NoUserID off<br /> 109 Anonymous_MustGiveEmail on<br /> 110 Anonymous_VerifyEmail on<br /> 111 Anonymous_LogEmail on<br /> 112 Anonymous anonymous guest www test welcome<br /> 113 <br /> 114 Order Deny,Allow<br /> 115 Allow from all<br /> 116 <br /> 117 Require valid-user<br /> 118 </span> 119 </Directory> 120 </code></p></div> 121 </div> 122 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> 123 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Anonymous" id="Anonymous">Anonymous</a> <a name="anonymous" id="anonymous">Directive</a></h2> 124 <table class="directive"> 125 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Specifies userIDs that are allowed access without 126 password verification</td></tr> 127 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Anonymous <var>user</var> [<var>user</var>] ...</code></td></tr> 128 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr> 129 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr> 130 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> 131 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_anon</td></tr> 132 </table> 133 <p>A list of one or more 'magic' userIDs which are allowed 134 access without password verification. The userIDs are space 135 separated. It is possible to use the ' and " quotes to allow a 136 space in a userID as well as the \ escape character.</p> 137 138 <p>Please note that the comparison is 139 <strong>case-IN-sensitive</strong>.<br /> 140 It's strongly recommended that the magic username 141 '<code>anonymous</code>' is always one of the allowed 142 userIDs.</p> 143 144 <div class="example"><h3>Example:</h3><p><code> 145 Anonymous anonymous "Not Registered" "I don't know" 146 </code></p></div> 147 148 <p>This would allow the user to enter without password 149 verification by using the userIDs "anonymous", 150 "AnonyMous", "Not Registered" and "I Don't Know".</p> 151 152 <p>As of Apache 2.1 it is possible to specify the userID as 153 "<code>*</code>". That allows <em>any</em> supplied userID to be 154 accepted.</p> 155 156 </div> 157 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> 158 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Anonymous_LogEmail" id="Anonymous_LogEmail">Anonymous_LogEmail</a> <a name="anonymous_logemail" id="anonymous_logemail">Directive</a></h2> 159 <table class="directive"> 160 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets whether the password entered will be logged in the 161 error log</td></tr> 162 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Anonymous_LogEmail On|Off</code></td></tr> 163 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>Anonymous_LogEmail On</code></td></tr> 164 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr> 165 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr> 166 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> 167 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_anon</td></tr> 168 </table> 169 <p>When set <code>On</code>, the default, the 'password' entered 170 (which hopefully contains a sensible email address) is logged in 171 the error log.</p> 172 173 </div> 174 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> 175 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Anonymous_MustGiveEmail" id="Anonymous_MustGiveEmail">Anonymous_MustGiveEmail</a> <a name="anonymous_mustgiveemail" id="anonymous_mustgiveemail">Directive</a></h2> 176 <table class="directive"> 177 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Specifies whether blank passwords are allowed</td></tr> 178 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Anonymous_MustGiveEmail On|Off</code></td></tr> 179 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>Anonymous_MustGiveEmail On</code></td></tr> 180 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr> 181 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr> 182 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> 183 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_anon</td></tr> 184 </table> 185 <p>Specifies whether the user must specify an email address as 186 the password. This prohibits blank passwords.</p> 187 188 </div> 189 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> 190 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Anonymous_NoUserID" id="Anonymous_NoUserID">Anonymous_NoUserID</a> <a name="anonymous_nouserid" id="anonymous_nouserid">Directive</a></h2> 191 <table class="directive"> 192 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets whether the userID field may be empty</td></tr> 193 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Anonymous_NoUserID On|Off</code></td></tr> 194 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>Anonymous_NoUserID Off</code></td></tr> 195 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr> 196 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr> 197 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> 198 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_anon</td></tr> 199 </table> 200 <p>When set <code>On</code>, users can leave the userID (and 201 perhaps the password field) empty. This can be very convenient for 202 MS-Explorer users who can just hit return or click directly on the 203 OK button; which seems a natural reaction.</p> 204 205 </div> 206 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> 207 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Anonymous_VerifyEmail" id="Anonymous_VerifyEmail">Anonymous_VerifyEmail</a> <a name="anonymous_verifyemail" id="anonymous_verifyemail">Directive</a></h2> 208 <table class="directive"> 209 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets whether to check the password field for a correctly 210 formatted email address</td></tr> 211 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Anonymous_VerifyEmail On|Off</code></td></tr> 212 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>Anonymous_VerifyEmail Off</code></td></tr> 213 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr> 214 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr> 215 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> 216 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_anon</td></tr> 217 </table> 218 <p>When set <code>On</code> the 'password' entered is checked for 219 at least one '@' and a '.' to encourage users to enter valid email 220 addresses (see the above <code class="directive"><a href="#anonymous_logemail">Anonymous_LogEmail</a></code>).</p> 221 222 </div> 223 </div> 224 <div class="bottomlang"> 225 <p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_authn_anon.html" title="English"> en </a> | 226 <a href="../ja/mod/mod_authn_anon.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> | 227 <a href="../ko/mod/mod_authn_anon.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a></p> 228 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img src="../images/up.gif" alt="top" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a id="comments_section" name="comments_section">Comments</a></h2><div class="warning"><strong>Notice:</strong><br />This is not a Q&A section. 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