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authorRich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>2011-02-15 14:15:42 +0100
committerRich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>2011-02-15 14:15:42 +0100
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Small improvements in phrasing of the access control doc.
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@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
<p>Access control can be done by several different modules. The most
important of these are <module>mod_authz_core</module> and
-<module>mod_authz_host</module>. Other modules
-discussed in this document include <module>mod_rewrite</module>.</p>
+<module>mod_authz_host</module>. Also discussed in this document
+is access control using <module>mod_rewrite</module>.</p>
</section>
@@ -153,16 +153,25 @@ or before 7am. This technique can be used for any criteria that you wish
to check. You can also redirect, or otherwise rewrite these requests, if
that approach is preferred.</p>
+<p>The <directive type="section" module="core">If</directive> directive,
+added in 2.4, replaces many things that <module>mod_rewrite</module> has
+traditionally been used to do, and you should probably look there first
+before resorting to mod_rewrite.</p>
+
</section>
<section id="moreinformation"><title>More information</title>
- <p>You should also read the documentation for
- <module>mod_auth_basic</module> and <module>mod_authz_host</module> which
- contain some more information about how this all works.
- <module>mod_authn_alias</module> can also help in simplifying certain
- authentication configurations.</p>
- <p>See the <a href="auth.html">Authentication and Authorization</a>
+ <p>The <a href="../expr.html">expression engine</a> gives you a
+ great deal of power to do a variety of things based on arbitrary
+ server variables, and you should consult that document for more
+ detail.</p>
+
+ <p>Also, you should read the <module>mod_authz_core</module>
+ documentation for examples of combining multiple access requirements
+ and specifying how they interact.</p>
+
+ <p>See also the <a href="auth.html">Authentication and Authorization</a>
howto.</p>
</section>