From: Luca Toscano Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 06:22:51 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Backported mod_authn_dbm documentation update. Corrected broken link and add an examp... X-Git-Tag: 2.4.21~162 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=62fb3a36a3e6b9a40bb6064464c8094bafa33106;p=thirdparty%2Fapache%2Fhttpd.git Backported mod_authn_dbm documentation update. Corrected broken link and add an example about Berkeley db. PR: 59558 git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x@1744186 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_dbm.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_dbm.xml index 251739d8a31..c2af23217b2 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_dbm.xml +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_dbm.xml @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ passwords for authentication more information.

Important compatibility note: The implementation of - dbmopen in the apache modules reads the string length of + dbmopen in the Apache modules reads the string length of the hashed values from the DBM data structures, rather than relying upon the string being NULL-appended. Some applications, such as the Netscape web server, rely upon the string being @@ -118,9 +118,14 @@ store passwords

Sets the type of database file that is used to store the passwords. - The default database type is determined at compile time. The + The default database type is determined at compile time. The availability of other types of database files also depends on - compile-time settings.

+ compile-time settings.

+ +

For example, in order to enable the support for Berkeley DB + (correspondent to the db type) the + --with-berkeley-db option needs to be added to httpd's + configure to generate the necessary DSO.

It is crucial that whatever program you use to create your password files is configured to use the same type of database.