-v3.3.2 (Jan Wolter - Dec 11, 2013)
+v3.3.2 (Jan Wolter - Dec 12, 2013)
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* Replaced reference to remote_ip field of the connection record with
useragent_ip, due to the elimination of remote_ip in Apache 2.4.1. Thanks
(1) You can statically link it with Apache. This requires rebuilding
Apache in such a way that mod_authnz_external will be compiled in.
+ Nobody does this anymore.
(2) You can make mod_authnz_external a dynamically loaded module. If
your Apache has been built to support dynamically loaded modules
Require external-file-group
- The GroupExternal cannot (yet?) be used with multiple external
+ The GroupExternal directive cannot (yet?) be used with multiple external
authenticators.
* USE WITH MOD_AUTHN_SOCACHE
not actually the one being used by the copy of Apache that is
running. Sometimes I test this by inserting deliberately invalid
commands and checking to see if error messages are generated when
- Apache is restarted.
+ Apache is restarted. We leave the choice of invalid command words
+ to be used to your imagination.
- It displays pages in a protected directory without asking for
a login and password.
crash.
- Error log says "Failed (X) for user foo" with X being some number
- other than 255 or -1.
+ other than -1, -2, 255 or 254.
The authenticator ran, and exited with the given non-zero return
code. You'll have to check the authenticator to see under what
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test/
- Several small dummy external authentication programs written in Perl.
- This are meant only for testing of mod_authnz_external. They accept
- any user whose password and login name are identical. They write
- lots of debugging info to the error_log file.
+ Several small dummy external authentication programs written in Perl
+ (there is also a PHP version of one of them). These are meant only for
+ testing of mod_authnz_external. They accept any user whose password
+ and login name are identical. They write lots of debugging info to
+ the error_log file.
Author and Maintainer: Jan Wolter http://unixpapa.com/
+ Author of PHP Version: Claus Andersen
Example Authentication Routines Formerly Included in this Distribution:
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