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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_anon.html b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_anon.html deleted file mode 100644 index 1489cd8c9c..0000000000 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth_anon.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,119 +0,0 @@ -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict"><head><!-- - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - --><title>mod_auth_anon- Apache HTTP Server</title><link href="../style/manual.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/></head><body><blockquote><div align="center"><img src="../images/sub.gif" alt="[APACHE DOCUMENTATION]"/><h3>Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</h3></div><h1 align="center">Apache Module mod_auth_anon</h1><table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td valign="top"><span class="help">Description:</span></td><td>Allows "anonymous" user access to authenticated - areas</td></tr><tr><td><a href="module-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier" class="help">Module Identifier:</a></td><td>auth_anon_module</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><h2>Summary</h2> - <p>This module does access control in a manner similar to - anonymous-ftp sites; <em>i.e.</em> have a 'magic' user id - 'anonymous' and the email address as a password. These email - addresses can be logged.</p> - - <p>Combined with other (database) access control methods, this - allows for effective user tracking and customization according - to a user profile while still keeping the site open for - 'unregistered' users. One advantage of using Auth-based user - tracking is that, unlike magic-cookies and funny URL - pre/postfixes, it is completely browser independent and it - allows users to share URLs.</p> -<h2>Directives</h2><ul><li><a href="#anonymous">Anonymous</a></li><li><a href="#anonymous_authoritative">Anonymous_Authoritative</a></li><li><a href="#anonymous_logemail">Anonymous_LogEmail</a></li><li><a href="#anonymous_mustgiveemail">Anonymous_MustGiveEmail</a></li><li><a href="#anonymous_nouserid">Anonymous_NoUserID</a></li><li><a href="#anonymous_verifyemail">Anonymous_VerifyEmail</a></li></ul><h2>Example</h2> - - <p>The example below (when combined with the Auth directives of a - htpasswd-file based (or GDM, mSQL <em>etc.</em>) base access - control system allows users in as 'guests' with the following - properties:</p> - - <ul> - <li>It insists that the user enters a userId. - (<code>Anonymous_NoUserId</code>)</li> - - <li>It insists that the user enters a password. - (<code>Anonymous_MustGiveEmail</code>)</li> - - <li>The password entered must be a valid email address, ie. - contain at least one '@' and a '.'. - (<code>Anonymous_VerifyEmail</code>)</li> - - <li>The userID must be one of <code>anonymous guest www test - welcome</code> and comparison is <strong>not</strong> case - sensitive.</li> - - <li>And the Email addresses entered in the passwd field are - logged to the error log file - (<code>Anonymous_LogEmail</code>)</li> - </ul> - - <p>Excerpt of httpd.conf:</p> - -<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code> - Anonymous_NoUserId off<br> - Anonymous_MustGiveEmail on<br> - Anonymous_VerifyEmail on<br> - Anonymous_LogEmail on<br> - Anonymous anonymous guest www test welcome<br> -<br> - AuthName "Use 'anonymous' & Email address for - guest entry"<br> - AuthType basic<br> -<br> - # An - AuthUserFile/AuthDBUserFile/AuthDBMUserFile<br> - # directive must be specified, or use<br> - # Anonymous_Authoritative for public access.<br> - # In the .htaccess for the public directory, add:<br> - <Files *><br> - Order Deny,Allow<br> - Allow from all<br> -<br> - Require valid-user<br> - </Files><br> -</code></td></tr></table></blockquote> -<hr/><h2><a name="Anonymous">Anonymous</a> <a name="anonymous">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Specifies userIDs that areallowed access without -password verification</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>Anonymous <em>user</em> [<em>user</em>] ...</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Override" class="help">Override:</a></td><td>AuthConfig</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_auth_anon</td></tr></table></td></tr></table> - <p>A list of one or more 'magic' userIDs which are allowed - access without password verification. The userIDs are space - separated. It is possible to use the ' and " quotes to allow a - space in a userID as well as the \ escape character.</p> - - <p>Please note that the comparison is - <strong>case-IN-sensitive</strong>.<br> - I strongly suggest that the magic username - '<code>anonymous</code>' is always one of the allowed - userIDs.</p> - - <p>Example:</p> -<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>Anonymous anonymous "Not Registered" 'I don\'t know'</code></td></tr></table></blockquote> - - <p>This would allow the user to enter without password - verification by using the userId's 'anonymous', - 'AnonyMous','Not Registered' and 'I Don't Know'.</p> -<hr/><h2><a name="Anonymous_Authoritative">Anonymous_Authoritative</a> <a name="anonymous_authoritative">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Configures if authorization will fall-through -to other methods</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>Anonymous_Authoritative on|off</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>Anonymous_Authoritative off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Override" class="help">Override:</a></td><td>AuthConfig</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_auth_anon</td></tr></table></td></tr></table> - <p>When set 'on', there is no fall-through to other authorization - methods. So if a userID does not match the values specified in the - <a href="#anonymous" class="directive"><code class="directive">Anonymous</code></a> directive, - access is denied.</p> - - <p>Be sure you know what you are doing when you decide to - switch it on. And remember that it is the linking order of the - modules (in the Configuration / Make file) which details the - order in which the Authorization modules are queried.</p> -<hr/><h2><a name="Anonymous_LogEmail">Anonymous_LogEmail</a> <a name="anonymous_logemail">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Sets whether the password entered will be logged in the -error log</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>Anonymous_LogEmail on|off</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>Anonymous_LogEmail on</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Override" class="help">Override:</a></td><td>AuthConfig</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_auth_anon</td></tr></table></td></tr></table> - <p>When set <code>on</code>, the default, the 'password' entered - (which hopefully contains a sensible email address) is logged in - the error log.</p> -<hr/><h2><a name="Anonymous_MustGiveEmail">Anonymous_MustGiveEmail</a> <a name="anonymous_mustgiveemail">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Specifies whether blank passwords are allowed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>Anonymous_MustGiveEmail on|off</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>Anonymous_MustGiveEmail on</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Override" class="help">Override:</a></td><td>AuthConfig</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_auth_anon</td></tr></table></td></tr></table> - <p>Specifies whether the user must specify an email address as - the password. This prohibits blank passwords.</p> -<hr/><h2><a name="Anonymous_NoUserID">Anonymous_NoUserID</a> <a name="anonymous_nouserid">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Sets whether the userID field may be empty</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>Anonymous_NoUserID on|off</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>Anonymous_NoUserID off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Override" class="help">Override:</a></td><td>AuthConfig</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_auth_anon</td></tr></table></td></tr></table> - <p>When set <code>on</code>, users can leave the userID (and - perhaps the password field) empty. This can be very convenient for - MS-Explorer users who can just hit return or click directly on the - OK button; which seems a natural reaction.</p> -<hr/><h2><a name="Anonymous_VerifyEmail">Anonymous_VerifyEmail</a> <a name="anonymous_verifyemail">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Sets whether to check the password field for a correctly -formatted email address</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>Anonymous_VerifyEmail on|off</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>Anonymous_VerifyEmail off</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Override" class="help">Override:</a></td><td>AuthConfig</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Extension</td></tr><tr><td><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_auth_anon</td></tr></table></td></tr></table> - <p>When set <code>on</code> the 'password' entered is checked for - at least one '@' and a '.' to encourage users to enter valid email - addresses (see the above <a href="#auth_logemail" class="directive"><code class="directive">Auth_LogEmail</code></a>).</p> -<hr/></blockquote><h3 align="center">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</h3><a href="./"><img src="../images/index.gif" alt="Index"/></a><a href="../"><img src="../images/home.gif" alt="Home"/></a></body></html>
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