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The following page has been changed by AdamKocoloski: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Authentication_and_Authorization ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ the Erlang/OTP installation directory. If not specified in local.ini, the authentication handler specified in default.ini, - {couch_http, default_authentication_handler}, will be used. + {couch_httpd, default_authentication_handler}, will be used. The specified handler is called in couch_httpd::handle_request: @@ -125, +125 @@ == Authentication handlers == - === couch_http::default_authentication_handler === + === couch_httpd::default_authentication_handler === If the http request contains basic authentication, the user name and password are checked against a configured user list. If the user is recognized as an administrator, the user name and @@ -136, +136 @@ defined, then the _admin role is added to the context. - === couch_http::null_authentication_handler === + === couch_httpd::null_authentication_handler === Any request is granted the <<"_admin">> role. - === couch_http::special_test_authentication_handler === + === couch_httpd::special_test_authentication_handler === If the WWW-Authentication header has a value like "X-Couch-Test-Auth username:password", the user name and password are checked against a hard-coded list of username/password @@ -152, +152 @@ [http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-420 COUCHDB-420] implements an [http://oauth.net/ OAuth] authentication handler. The patch also changes - couch_http to accept a list of authentication handlers instead of a single + couch_httpd to accept a list of authentication handlers instead of a single authentication handler. Steps to get OAuth authentication working (with the patch installed):
