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<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_authn_file</h1>
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<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>User authentication using text files</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">ModuleIdentifier:</a></th><td>authn_file_module</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">SourceFile:</a></th><td>mod_authn_file.c</td></tr>
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<h3>Summary</h3>
<p>This module provides authentication front-ends such as
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a></code> and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html">mod_auth_basic</a></code>
to authenticate users by looking up users in plain text password files.
Similar functionality is provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html">mod_authn_dbm</a></code>.</p>
<p>When using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html">mod_auth_basic</a></code> or
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a></code>, this module is invoked via the
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code> or
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html#authdigestprovider">AuthDigestProvider</a></code>
with the <code>file</code> value.</p>
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<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a></li>
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<h3>See also</h3>
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<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code>
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<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html#authdigestprovider">AuthDigestProvider</a></code>
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<li><code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code></li>
<li><code class="program"><a href="../programs/htdigest.html">htdigest</a></code></li>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthUserFile" id="AuthUserFile">AuthUserFile</a> <a name="authuserfile" id="authuserfile">Directive</a></h2>
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets the name of a text file containing the list of users and
passwords for authentication</td></tr>
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_file</td></tr>
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<p>The <code class="directive">AuthUserFile</code> directive sets the name
of a textual file containing the list of users and passwords for
user authentication. <var>File-path</var> is the path to the user
file. If it is not absolute, it is treated as relative to the
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.</p>
<p>Each line of the user file contains a username followed by
a colon, followed by the encrypted password. If the same user
ID is defined multiple times, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html">mod_authn_file</a></code> will
use the first occurrence to verify the password.</p>
<p>The utility <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code>
which is installed as part of the binary distribution, or which
can be found in <code>src/support</code>, is used to maintain
the password file for <em>HTTP Basic Authentication</em>. See the
<a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">man page</a> for more details.
In short:</p>
<p>Create a password file <code>Filename</code> with
<code>username</code> as the initial ID. It will prompt for
the password:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
htpasswd -c Filename username
</code></p></div>
<p>Add or modify <code>username2</code> in the password file
<code>Filename</code>:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
htpasswd Filename username2
</code></p></div>
<p>Note that searching large text files is <em>very</em>
inefficient; <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</a></code> should be used
instead.</p>
<p>If you are using <em>HTTP Digest Authentication</em>, the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code> tool is not sufficient.
You have to use <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htdigest.html">htdigest</a></code>
instead. Note that you cannot mix user data for Digest Authentication
and Basic Authentication within the same file.</p>
<div class="warning"><h3>Security</h3>
<p>Make sure that the <code class="directive">AuthUserFile</code> is
stored outside the document tree of the web-server. Do
<strong>not</strong> put it in the directory that it protects.
Otherwise, clients may be able to download the
<code class="directive">AuthUserFile</code>.</p>
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