github.com/krum110487/go-htaccess@v0.0.0-20240316004156-60641c8e7598/tests/data/apache_2_2_34/manual/mod/mod_authn_dbm.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_dbm - 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_dbm.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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Similar functionality is provided by 46 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html">mod_authn_file</a></code>.</p> 47 48 <p>When using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html">mod_auth_basic</a></code> or 49 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a></code>, this module is invoked via the 50 <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code> or 51 <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html#authdigestprovider">AuthDigestProvider</a></code> 52 with the <code>dbm</code> value.</p> 53 </div> 54 <div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3> 55 <ul id="toc"> 56 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authdbmtype">AuthDBMType</a></li> 57 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</a></li> 58 </ul> 59 <h3>See also</h3> 60 <ul class="seealso"> 61 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#authname">AuthName</a></code></li> 62 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#authtype">AuthType</a></code></li> 63 <li> 64 <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code> 65 </li> 66 <li> 67 <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html#authdigestprovider">AuthDigestProvider</a></code> 68 </li> 69 </ul><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div> 70 71 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> 72 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthDBMType" id="AuthDBMType">AuthDBMType</a> <a name="authdbmtype" id="authdbmtype">Directive</a></h2> 73 <table class="directive"> 74 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets the type of database file that is used to 75 store passwords</td></tr> 76 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AuthDBMType default|SDBM|GDBM|NDBM|DB</code></td></tr> 77 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>AuthDBMType default</code></td></tr> 78 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr> 79 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr> 80 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> 81 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_dbm</td></tr> 82 </table> 83 <p>Sets the type of database file that is used to store the passwords. 84 The default database type is determined at compile time. The 85 availability of other types of database files also depends on 86 <a href="../install.html#dbm">compile-time settings</a>.</p> 87 88 <p>It is crucial that whatever program you use to create your password 89 files is configured to use the same type of database.</p> 90 91 </div> 92 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> 93 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthDBMUserFile" id="AuthDBMUserFile">AuthDBMUserFile</a> <a name="authdbmuserfile" id="authdbmuserfile">Directive</a></h2> 94 <table class="directive"> 95 <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 96 passwords for authentication</td></tr> 97 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AuthDBMUserFile <var>file-path</var></code></td></tr> 98 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr> 99 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr> 100 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> 101 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_dbm</td></tr> 102 </table> 103 <p>The <code class="directive">AuthDBMUserFile</code> directive sets the 104 name of a DBM file containing the list of users and passwords for 105 user authentication. <var>File-path</var> is the absolute path to 106 the user file.</p> 107 108 <p>The user file is keyed on the username. The value for a user is 109 the encrypted password, optionally followed by a colon and arbitrary 110 data. The colon and the data following it will be ignored by the 111 server.</p> 112 113 <div class="warning"><h3>Security:</h3> 114 <p>Make sure that the <code class="directive">AuthDBMUserFile</code> is stored 115 outside the document tree of the web-server; do <em>not</em> put it in 116 the directory that it protects. Otherwise, clients will be able to 117 download the <code class="directive">AuthDBMUserFile</code>.</p> 118 </div> 119 120 <p>Important compatibility note: The implementation of 121 <code>dbmopen</code> in the apache modules reads the string length of 122 the hashed values from the DBM data structures, rather than relying 123 upon the string being NULL-appended. Some applications, such as 124 the Netscape web server, rely upon the string being 125 NULL-appended, so if you are having trouble using DBM files 126 interchangeably between applications this may be a part of the 127 problem.</p> 128 129 <p>A perl script called 130 <code class="program"><a href="../programs/dbmmanage.html">dbmmanage</a></code> is included with 131 Apache. This program can be used to create and update DBM 132 format password files for use with this module.</p> 133 134 </div> 135 </div> 136 <div class="bottomlang"> 137 <p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_authn_dbm.html" title="English"> en </a> | 138 <a href="../ja/mod/mod_authn_dbm.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> | 139 <a href="../ko/mod/mod_authn_dbm.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a></p> 140 </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. Comments placed here should be pointed towards suggestions on improving the documentation or server, and may be removed again by our moderators if they are either implemented or considered invalid/off-topic. 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