Commit ec9fecfb authored by Luca Toscano's avatar Luca Toscano
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documentation rebuild

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@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ store passwords</td></tr>
    <p>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
    <a href="../install.html#dbm">compile-time settings</a>.</p>
    <a href="../programs/configure.html#options">compile-time settings</a>.</p>

    <p>For example, in order to enable the support for Berkeley DB
    (correspondent to the <code>db</code> type) the
    <code>--with-berkeley-db</code> option needs to be added to httpd's
    configure to generate the necessary DSO.</p>

    <p>It is crucial that whatever program you use to create your password
    files is configured to use the same type of database.</p>
@@ -125,7 +130,7 @@ passwords for authentication</td></tr>
    more information.</p>

    <p>Important compatibility note: The implementation of
    <code>dbmopen</code> in the apache modules reads the string length of
    <code>dbmopen</code> 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