coar 01/09/10 10:10:22
Modified: htdocs/manual/mod mod_auth.html
Log:
Document the 'require' keywords, including the new file-owner
and file-group ones.
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@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
HREF="mod_auth_db.html">mod_auth_db</A>. HTTP Digest Authentication
is provided by <A HREF="mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</A>.
+<p>
+<b>Note that these credential-based security mechanisms are only
+as strong as your Web server's security. As a rule, they are <i>not</i> as
+strong as the operating system's own security system.</b>
+</p>
<H2>Directives</H2>
@@ -52,11 +57,48 @@
<LI><A HREF="#authauthoritative">AuthAuthoritative</A>
</UL>
-<P>See also: <A HREF="core.html#require">require</A>
-and <A HREF="core.html#satisfy">satisfy</A>.</P>
+<P>See also: <A HREF="core.html#require">require</A>,
+<A HREF="core.html#satisfy">satisfy</A>, and
+<a href="#require">mod_auth require keywords</a>.</P>
<HR>
+<h2><a name="require"><code>mod_auth</code> Require Keywords</a></h2>
+<p>
+The <code>mod_auth</code>module supports the following keywords
+that can be given to the <a href="core.html#require">Require</a>
+directive:
+</p>
+<dl compact>
+ <dt><code>user <i>username</i> [...]</code></dt>
+ <dd>The supplied username and password must be in the
+ <a href="#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a> database, and the username
+ must also be one of those listed on the Require directive.</dd>
+ <dt><code>group <i>groupname</i> [...]</code></dt>
+ <dd>The supplied username and password must be in the
+ <a href="#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a> database, and the username
+ must also be a member of one of the named groups
+ in the <a href="#authgroupfile">AuthGroupFile</a> database.</dd>
+ <dt><code>valid-user</code></dt>
+ <dd>The supplied username and password must be in the
+ <a href="#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a> database.
+ Any valid username from that file will be allowed.</dd>
+ <dt><code>file-owner</code></dt>
+ <dd>[Available after Apache 1.3.20]
+ The supplied username and password must be in the
+ <a href="#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a> database, and the username
+ must also match the system's name for the owner of the file being
+ requested.</dd>
+ <dt><code>file-group</code></dt>
+ <dd>[Available after Apache 1.3.20]
+ The supplied username and password must be in the
+ <a href="#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a> database, the name of the
+ group that owns the file must be in the
+ <a href="#authgroupfile">AuthGroupFile</a> database, and the
+ username must be a member of that group.</dd>
+</dl>
+
+<hr>
<H2><A NAME="authgroupfile">AuthGroupFile</A> directive</H2>
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