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| author | Daniel Earl Poirier <poirier@apache.org> | 2010-10-30 22:14:38 +0200 |
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| committer | Daniel Earl Poirier <poirier@apache.org> | 2010-10-30 22:14:38 +0200 |
| commit | 745905a67d791a6370d8fcf4b64fa4fc035e87d2 (patch) | |
| tree | 3f4b21ea78543fc35a197cf5c1ce1cf1537d7af2 /docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.xml | |
| parent | Clarify that when troubleshooting .htaccess files, you need to reload (diff) | |
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Point out that the format of encrypted passwords depends on
whether you're using mod_authn_basic or mod_authn_digest.
Reported by Josef Spillner, PR46672.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1029180 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.xml index d95bd7635f..f6e228b9f1 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.xml +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_file.xml @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ </seealso> <seealso><program>htpasswd</program></seealso> <seealso><program>htdigest</program></seealso> +<seealso><a href="../misc/password_encryptions.html">Password Formats</a></seealso> <directivesynopsis> <name>AuthUserFile</name> @@ -71,10 +72,15 @@ passwords for authentication</description> ID is defined multiple times, <module>mod_authn_file</module> will use the first occurrence to verify the password.</p> - <p>The utility <program>htpasswd</program> + <p>The encrypted password format depends on which authentication + frontend (e.g. <module>mod_authn_basic</module> or + <module>mod_authn_digest</module>) is being used. See <a + href="../misc/password_encryptions.html">Password Formats</a> for + more information.</p> + + <p>For <module>mod_authn_basic</module>, use the utility <program>htpasswd</program> 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> @@ -98,9 +104,7 @@ passwords for authentication</description> module="mod_authn_dbm">AuthDBMUserFile</directive> should be used instead.</p> - <p>If you are using <em>HTTP Digest Authentication</em>, the <program> - htpasswd</program> tool is not sufficient. - You have to use <program>htdigest</program> + <p>For <module>mod_authn_digest</module>, use <program>htdigest</program> instead. Note that you cannot mix user data for Digest Authentication and Basic Authentication within the same file.</p> |