Apache Authentication - ApacheCon 2005
mod_auth_dbm
  • Passwords stored in db files, rather than plain text

  • Creating a password file

    
  dbmmanage passwords.dat adduser montressor
  dbmmanage add groups.dat rbowen one,two,three
    		  

  • dbmmanage --help for full details

  • This is still Basic authentication, with all the concerns pertaining thereto. It's just using a different file for its information.

    
    AuthName "Members Only"
    AuthType Basic
    AuthDBMUserFile /usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords.dat
    AuthDBMGroupFile /usr/local/apache/passwd/groups.dat
    require group three
    		  
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