This module provides authentication front-ends such as
When using dbm
value.
The
The user file is keyed on the username. The value for a user is the encrypted password, optionally followed by a colon and arbitrary data. The colon and the data following it will be ignored by the server.
Make sure that the
The encrypted password format depends on which authentication
frontend (e.g.
Important compatibility note: The implementation of
dbmopen
in the Apache modules reads the string length of
the hashed values from the DBM data structures, rather than relying
upon the string being NULL-appended. Some applications, such as
the Netscape web server, rely upon the string being
NULL-appended, so if you are having trouble using DBM files
interchangeably between applications this may be a part of the
problem.
A perl script called
Sets the type of database file that is used to store the passwords. The default database type is determined at compile time. The availability of other types of database files also depends on compile-time settings.
For example, in order to enable the support for Berkeley DB
(correspondent to the db
type) the
--with-berkeley-db
option needs to be added to httpd's
configure to generate the necessary DSO.
It is crucial that whatever program you use to create your password files is configured to use the same type of database.