1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 2<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> 3<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head><!-- 4 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 5 This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT 6 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 7 --> 8<title>mod_authz_groupfile - Apache HTTP Server</title> 9<link href="/style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" /> 10<link href="/style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" /> 11<link href="/style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style/css/prettify.css" /> 12<script src="/style/scripts/prettify.js" type="text/javascript"> 13</script> 14 15<link href="/images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head> 16<body> 17<div id="page-header"> 18<p class="menu"><a href="/mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="/mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ">FAQ</a> | <a href="/glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="/sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p> 19<p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2</p> 20<img alt="" src="/images/feather.gif" /></div> 21<div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="/images/left.gif" /></a></div> 22<div id="path"> 23<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.2</a> > <a href="./">Modules</a></div> 24<div id="page-content"> 25<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_authz_groupfile</h1> 26<div class="toplang"> 27<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="/en/mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html" title="English"> en </a> | 28<a href="/ja/mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> | 29<a href="/ko/mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a></p> 30</div> 31<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Group authorization using plaintext files</td></tr> 32<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> 33<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module�Identifier:</a></th><td>authz_groupfile_module</td></tr> 34<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source�File:</a></th><td>mod_authz_groupfile.c</td></tr> 35<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.1 and later</td></tr></table> 36<h3>Summary</h3> 37 38 <p>This module provides authorization capabilities so that 39 authenticated users can be allowed or denied access to portions 40 of the web site by group membership. Similar functionality is 41 provided by <code class="module"><a href="/mod/mod_authz_dbm.html">mod_authz_dbm</a></code>.</p> 42</div> 43<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3> 44<ul id="toc"> 45<li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authgroupfile">AuthGroupFile</a></li> 46<li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authzgroupfileauthoritative">AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative</a></li> 47</ul> 48<h3>See also</h3> 49<ul class="seealso"> 50<li><code class="directive"><a href="/mod/core.html#require">Require</a></code></li> 51<li><code class="directive"><a href="/mod/core.html#satisfy">Satisfy</a></code></li> 52</ul><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div> 53 54<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="/images/up.gif" /></a></div> 55<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthGroupFile" id="AuthGroupFile">AuthGroupFile</a> <a name="authgroupfile" id="authgroupfile">Directive</a></h2> 56<table class="directive"> 57<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets the name of a text file containing the list 58of user groups for authorization</td></tr> 59<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AuthGroupFile <var>file-path</var></code></td></tr> 60<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr> 61<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr> 62<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> 63<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authz_groupfile</td></tr> 64</table> 65 <p>The <code class="directive">AuthGroupFile</code> directive sets the 66 name of a textual file containing the list of user groups for user 67 authorization. <var>File-path</var> is the path to the group 68 file. If it is not absolute, it is treated as relative to the <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.</p> 69 70 <p>Each line of the group file contains a groupname followed by a 71 colon, followed by the member usernames separated by spaces.</p> 72 73 <div class="example"><h3>Example:</h3><p><code> 74 mygroup: bob joe anne 75 </code></p></div> 76 77 <p>Note that searching large text files is <em>very</em> 78 inefficient; <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/mod_authz_dbm.html#authdbmgroupfile">AuthDBMGroupFile</a></code> provides a much better performance.</p> 79 80 <div class="warning"><h3>Security</h3> 81 <p>Make sure that the <code class="directive">AuthGroupFile</code> is 82 stored outside the document tree of the web-server; do <em>not</em> 83 put it in the directory that it protects. Otherwise, clients may 84 be able to download the <code class="directive">AuthGroupFile</code>.</p> 85 </div> 86 87</div> 88<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="/images/up.gif" /></a></div> 89<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative" id="AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative">AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative</a> <a name="authzgroupfileauthoritative" id="authzgroupfileauthoritative">Directive</a></h2> 90<table class="directive"> 91<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets whether authorization will be passed on to lower level 92modules</td></tr> 93<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative On|Off</code></td></tr> 94<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative On</code></td></tr> 95<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr> 96<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr> 97<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> 98<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authz_groupfile</td></tr> 99</table> 100 <p>Setting the <code class="directive">AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative</code> 101 directive explicitly to <code>Off</code> allows for 102 group authorization to be passed on to lower level modules (as defined 103 in the <code>modules.c</code> files) if there is <strong>no 104 group</strong> matching the supplied userID.</p> 105 106 <p>By default, control is not passed on and an unknown group 107 will result in an Authentication Required reply. Not 108 setting it thus keeps the system secure and forces an NCSA 109 compliant behaviour.</p> 110 111 <div class="warning"><h3>Security</h3> 112 <p>Do consider the implications of allowing a user to 113 allow fall-through in his <code>.htaccess</code> file; and verify 114 that this is really what you want; Generally it is easier to just 115 secure a single <code>.htpasswd</code> file, than it is to secure 116 a database which might have more access interfaces.</p> 117 </div> 118 119</div> 120</div> 121<div class="bottomlang"> 122<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="/en/mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html" title="English"> en </a> | 123<a href="/ja/mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> | 124<a href="/ko/mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a></p> 125</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img src="/images/up.gif" alt="top" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a id="comments_section" name="comments_section">Comments</a></h2><div class="warning"><strong>Notice:</strong><br />This is not a Q&A section. 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