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AuthTrans Stage
Chapter 3 Predefined SAFs and the Request Handling Process 53
basic-ncsa
Applicable in
AuthTrans
-class directives.
The
basic-ncsa
function verifies authorization information sent by the client
against a database. The Authorization header is sent as part of the basic server
authorization scheme.
This function is usually used in conjunction with the PathCheck-class function
require-auth
.
Parameters
Examples
auth-type
specifies the type of authorization to be used. This should
always be
basic
.
dbm
(optional) specifies the full path and base file name of the
user database in the server's native format. The native
format is a system DBM file, which is a hashed file format
allowing instantaneous access to billions of users. If you use
this parameter, don’t use the
userfile
parameter as well.
userfile
(optional) specifies the full path name of the user database
in the NCSA-style HTTPD user file format. This format
consists of lines using the format
name:password
, where
password
is encrypted. If you use this parameter, don’t use
dbm
.
grpfile
(optional) specifies the NCSA-style HTTPD group file to be
used. Each line of a group file consists of
group
:
user1 user2
... userN
where each user is separated by spaces.
bucket
optional, common to all
obj.conf
functions
AuthTrans fn=basic-ncsa auth-type=basic
dbm=/netscape/servers/userdb/rs
PathCheck fn=require-auth auth-type=basic realm="Marketing Plans"
AuthTrans fn=basic-ncsa auth-type=basic
userfile=/netscape/servers/.htpasswd
grpfile=/netscape/servers/.grpfile
PathCheck fn=require-auth auth-type=basic realm="Marketing Plans"