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From Apache v1.3 on, filenames are relative to theserver rootunless they are absolute. A filename is taken as absolute if it starts with / or, on Win32, if it starts with drive :/. It seems sensible for us to write them in absolute form to prevent misunderstandings. The directives are as follows:
| AuthType |
AuthType type directory, .htaccess |
AuthType
specifies the type of authorization control. Basic
was originally the only possible type, but Apache 1.1 introduced
Digest, which uses an MD5 digest and a shared
secret.
If the directive AuthType is used, we must also
use AuthName, AuthGroupFile,
and AuthUserFile.
| AuthName |
AuthName auth-realm directory, .htaccess |
AuthName gives the name of the realm in
which the users' names and passwords are valid. If
the name of the realm includes spaces, you will need to surround it
with quotation marks:
AuthName "sales people"| AuthGroupFile |
AuthGroupFile filename directory, .htaccess |
AuthGroupFile has nothing to do with the
Group webgroup directive at the
top of the Config file. It gives the name of another file that
contains group names and their members:
cleaners: daphne sonia
directors: bill benWe put this into ... /ok_users/groups and set
AuthGroupFile to match. The
AuthGroupFile directive has no effect unless the
require directive is suitably set.
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Created: February 18, 2003
Revised: February 18, 2003
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