From 481cb58a4f18c68eb14967c8a44e8037e45653e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Bowen Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:38:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remove a rather confusing statement that recommends a rather broken way of doing things. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x@1410675 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- docs/manual/howto/auth.xml | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual/howto/auth.xml b/docs/manual/howto/auth.xml index 64e5adbb218..1a0511e3e7c 100644 --- a/docs/manual/howto/auth.xml +++ b/docs/manual/howto/auth.xml @@ -357,13 +357,7 @@ Require group GroupName

Using that rather than the Require user rbowen line will allow anyone in that is listed in the password file, - and who correctly enters their password. You can even emulate - the group behavior here, by just keeping a separate password - file for each group. The advantage of this approach is that - Apache only has to check one file, rather than two. The - disadvantage is that you have to maintain a bunch of password - files, and remember to reference the right one in the - AuthUserFile directive.

+ and who correctly enters their password.

Possible problems -- 2.47.2