From: Luca Toscano Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 21:02:10 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Updated broken link and added a clarification example for mod_authn_dbm. PR: 59558 X-Git-Tag: 2.5.0-alpha~1618 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ad8095030ee040483cbc46f09875da0c9ec2d511;p=apache Updated broken link and added a clarification example for mod_authn_dbm. PR: 59558 git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1743967 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_dbm.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_dbm.xml index 0d032f09f0..5e72af9d97 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_dbm.xml +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_authn_dbm.xml @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ 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 @@ -117,9 +117,14 @@ 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.