Webmaster in a Nutshell, Third Edition

The mod_auth_dbm module allows user authentication using DBM files. Its directives overrides any core authentication directives specified.

AuthDBMAuthoritative onoff

[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Decides at which level authentication and authorization can be performed. If off is specified, and there is no user ID matching the requester, authentication and authorization are passed to lower-level modules, which allow access to their respective contents based on individual settings. The default is on.

AuthDBMGroupFile filename

[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Specifies the group filename as a DBM file, using either a fully qualified filename or a path relative to ServerRoot. For example:

AuthDBMGroupFile /www/admin/.groupdbm

AuthDBMUserFile filename

[Within <Directory> or .htaccess ]

Specifies the DBM file that contains a list of users and passwords for user authentication. For example:

AuthDBMUserFile /WWW/Admin/.passwddbm