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# Apache Module mod_authz_default

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Description: | Authorization fallback module
Status: | Base
Module Identifier: | authz_default_module
Source File: | mod_authz_default.c
Compatibility: | Available in Apache 2.1 and later

### Summary

This module is designed to be the fallback module, if you don't have configured an authorization module like `mod_authz_user` or `mod_authz_groupfile`. It simply rejects any authorization request.

### Directives

## AuthzDefaultAuthoritative Directive

Description: | Sets whether authorization is passed to lower level modules
Syntax: | `AuthzDefaultAuthoritative On|Off`
Default: | `AuthzDefaultAuthoritative On`
Context: | directory, .htaccess
Override: | AuthConfig
Status: | Base
Module: | mod_authz_default

Setting the `AuthzDefaultAuthoritative` directive explicitly to `Off` allows for authorization to be passed on to lower level modules (as defined in the `modules.c` files).

### Note

Normally there are no lower level modules, since `mod_authz_default` is defined to be already on a very low level. Therefore you should leave the value of `AuthzDefaultAuthoritative` as default (`On`).

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