merge r738841

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x@1415956 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_basic.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_basic.xml
index 69cf04af8b4ec0fd07c0f1cddca9021496774c8a..eeb8d49ffdfd7de855e35f4be0a7b4e40195ca3d 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_basic.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_basic.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@
       </Location>
     </example>
 
+    <p> Providers are queried in order until a provider finds a match
+    for the requested username, at which point this sole provider will 
+    attempt to check the password.  A failure to verify the password does
+    not result in control being passed on to subsequent providers.</p>
+
     <p>Providers are implemented by <module>mod_authn_dbm</module>,
     <module>mod_authn_file</module>, <module>mod_authn_dbd</module>,
     and <module>mod_authnz_ldap</module>.</p>