From b170982f584fc9736e3c1ac805b580a03daca1d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luca Toscano 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.Module: mod_authn_dbm
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.
@@ -125,7 +130,7 @@ 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
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