Authname; Authtype; Limit - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 08-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

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Effect
Specifies that the named user file is to be used for any user names referenced in a
require user or require valid-user directive.
Note that the use of
groups-with-users=yes
directive in
obj.conf
filename, causes that file to be assumed to be in the format:
username:DES-encrypted-password:comma-separated-list-of-groups

AuthName

Syntax
authentication realm where authentication realm is a string identifying
AuthName
an authorization realm to be associated with any request for user authentication.
Must not appear within a
Effect
The authentication realm string typically appears in the prompt for username and
password on the client side. It may affect caching of username and password on
the client.

AuthType

Syntax
Basic. Must not appear within a
AuthType
Effect
Specifies the user authentication method as HTTP Basic Authentication, the only
method currently supported.
<Limit>
Syntax
<Limit method method ...>
allow, deny, order, or require directives
</Limit>
where method is an HTTP method such as GET, POST, or PUT. Any method that
the web server understands can be used here.
, or specifying an
AuthGroupFile
or
<Limit>
<LimitExcept>
Working with Dynamic Access Control Files
in the
Init fn=htaccess-init
directive with the same
range.
or
<Limit>
<LimitExcept>
Chapter 8
Controlling Access to Your Server
range.
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