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| author | Eric Covener <covener@apache.org> | 2009-01-29 13:44:19 +0100 |
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| committer | Eric Covener <covener@apache.org> | 2009-01-29 13:44:19 +0100 |
| commit | 2a40db410d10299e111c4ae26c3dad50a3802055 (patch) | |
| tree | 7812dc5bfcdce05cac652ece67fad4eed57ef0c0 /docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_basic.xml | |
| parent | Match up formats with args in error messages. (diff) | |
| download | apache2-2a40db410d10299e111c4ae26c3dad50a3802055.tar.xz apache2-2a40db410d10299e111c4ae26c3dad50a3802055.zip | |
address a frequent pitfall/misunderstanding about how multiple basic auth providers are used
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@738841 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_basic.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_basic.xml index 4c86d3adff..8528c68afc 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_basic.xml +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_basic.xml @@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ </Location> </example> + <p> Providers are queried in order until a provider finds a match + for the requested username, at which point this sole provider will + attempt to check the password. A failure to verify the password does + not result in control being passed on to subsequent providers.</p> + <p>Providers are implemented by <module>mod_authn_dbm</module>, <module>mod_authn_file</module>, <module>mod_authn_dbd</module>, and <module>mod_authnz_ldap</module>.</p> |