Commit ee9aaf17 authored by Ken Coar's avatar Ken Coar
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Correct some misstatements about the Auth*File directives; 

	they're ServerRoot-relative if not absolute.

PR:		1511


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@79709 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
parent 5e494eba

docs/manual/mod/mod_auth.html

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Changes for docs/manual/mod/mod_auth.html: 15 added lines, 9 removed lines.
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@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ textual files. 
<strong>Module:</strong> mod_auth<p>



The AuthGroupFile directive sets the name of a textual file containing the list

of user groups for user authentication. <em>Filename</em> is the absolute path

to the group file.<p>

of user groups for user authentication. <em>Filename</em> is the path

to the group file.  If it is not absolute (<EM>i.e.</EM>, if it

doesn't begin with a slash), it is treated as relative to the ServerRoot.

<P>

Each line of the group file contains a groupname followed by a colon, followed

by the member usernames separated by spaces. Example:

<blockquote><code>mygroup: bob joe anne</code></blockquote>

Note that searching large groups files is <em>very</em> inefficient;

Note that searching large text files is <em>very</em> inefficient;

<A HREF="mod_auth_dbm.html#authdbmgroupfile">AuthDBMGroupFile</A> should

be used instead.<p>
@@ -65,13 +67,17 @@ See also <A HREF="core.html#authname">AuthName</A>, 


The AuthUserFile directive sets the name of a textual file containing

the list of users and passwords for user

authentication. <em>Filename</em> is the absolute path to the user

file.<p> Each line of the user file file contains a username followed

authentication. <em>Filename</em> is the path to the user

file. If it is not absolute (<EM>i.e.</EM>, if it doesn't begin with a

slash), it is treated as relative to the ServerRoot.

<p> Each line of the user file file contains a username followed

by a colon, followed by the crypt() encrypted password. The behavior

of multiple occurrences of the same user is undefined.<p> Note that

searching user groups files is inefficient; <A

HREF="mod_auth_dbm.html#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</A> should be

used instead.<p>

of multiple occurrences of the same user is undefined.

<p> Note that

searching large text files is <EM>very</EM> inefficient;

<A HREF="mod_auth_dbm.html#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</A> should be

used instead.

<p>



Security: make sure that the AuthUserFile is stored outside the

document tree of the web-server; do <em>not</em> put it in the directory that