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| author | Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org> | 2010-11-01 16:01:41 +0100 |
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| committer | Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org> | 2010-11-01 16:01:41 +0100 |
| commit | 516641e8e1f6b8522dd0d3798483fdc2fd5b13e9 (patch) | |
| tree | b3718fc767b96771c9be473ef3820fc6e04a1052 /docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.html.en | |
| parent | Rebuild HTML (diff) | |
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Rebuild transformations.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1029692 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.html.en index a84e96afd9..bf8798d3eb 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.html.en +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.html.en @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ </li> <li><code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code></li> <li><code class="program"><a href="../programs/htdigest.html">htdigest</a></code></li> +<li><a href="../misc/password_encryptions.html">Password Formats</a></li> </ul></div> <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> @@ -82,10 +83,14 @@ passwords for authentication</td></tr> ID is defined multiple times, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html">mod_authn_file</a></code> will use the first occurrence to verify the password.</p> - <p>The utility <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code> + <p>The encrypted password format depends on which authentication + frontend (e.g. <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_basic.html">mod_authn_basic</a></code> or + <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_digest.html">mod_authn_digest</a></code>) is being used. See <a href="../misc/password_encryptions.html">Password Formats</a> for + more information.</p> + + <p>For <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_basic.html">mod_authn_basic</a></code>, use the utility <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code> which is installed as part of the binary distribution, or which - can be found in <code>src/support</code>, is used to maintain - the password file for <em>HTTP Basic Authentication</em>. See the + can be found in <code>src/support</code>. See the <a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">man page</a> for more details. In short:</p> @@ -108,8 +113,7 @@ passwords for authentication</td></tr> inefficient; <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</a></code> should be used instead.</p> - <p>If you are using <em>HTTP Digest Authentication</em>, the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code> tool is not sufficient. - You have to use <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htdigest.html">htdigest</a></code> + <p>For <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_digest.html">mod_authn_digest</a></code>, use <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htdigest.html">htdigest</a></code> instead. Note that you cannot mix user data for Digest Authentication and Basic Authentication within the same file.</p> |