will be used. To disable fake basic authentication for an URL
space, specify "AuthBasicFake off".</p>
+ <note>
+ The Authorization header added by this directive is <em>not</em>
+ input into any authentication or authorization within the local
+ server. It is designed to be passed along to upstream servers.
+ </note>
+
<p>In this example, we pass a fixed username and password to a
backend server.</p>
<p>Note that the <directive module="mod_auth_basic">AuthBasicFake</directive>
directive within <module>mod_auth_basic</module> can be used as a more
general mechanism for faking basic authentication, giving control over the
- structure of both the username and password.</p>
+ structure of both the username and password. </p>
+
+ <note>Unlike the <code>FakeBasicAuth</code>
+ option, the <directive module="mod_auth_basic">AuthBasicFake</directive> directive
+ does not set an Authorization header early enough to be processed by authentication
+ and authorization in the local server, it is only intended for upstream servers.
+ </note>
<note type="warning">
<p>The usernames used for <code>FakeBasicAuth</code> must not