In adding this to the patchfile database, it got a patch ID of 67, so
it's now at patches/for_Apache_0.5.1/P67-patch.new_dbm_group_file.txt
Mark, the patch-submit form worked fine for me - could you have a browser
bug?
If this works as advertised, it gets a +1 from me.
Brian
On Tue, 11 Apr 1995, Mark J Cox wrote:
> I've uploaded P15 to hyperreal. It's a short patch to complement
> the existing DBM password database.
>
> This patch allows groups to be held in a DBM file in a similar way to
> the password DBM. You can have any combination of normal password file,
> normal group file, DBM password file, DBM group file.
>
> A new directive AuthDBMGroupFile is added to the .htaccess processing.
>
> The group DBM file is keyed on username with a content of
> :comma_separated_group_names
>
> Thus the entry ":cod,haddock" would give the user entry to group protected
> documents "cod" or "haddock".
>
> Anything before the initial : and anything after a final : is ignored. The
> original DBM password patch is modified to ignore anything after a final :.
> Thus the password and group details can be stored in the same DBM file if
> required (the DBM file is opened and examined twice in this case).
>
> key=username, content=CryptedPassword:CommaSeparatedGroups:Anything
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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it's now at patches/for_Apache_0.5.1/P67-patch.new_dbm_group_file.txt
Mark, the patch-submit form worked fine for me - could you have a browser
bug?
If this works as advertised, it gets a +1 from me.
Brian
On Tue, 11 Apr 1995, Mark J Cox wrote:
> I've uploaded P15 to hyperreal. It's a short patch to complement
> the existing DBM password database.
>
> This patch allows groups to be held in a DBM file in a similar way to
> the password DBM. You can have any combination of normal password file,
> normal group file, DBM password file, DBM group file.
>
> A new directive AuthDBMGroupFile is added to the .htaccess processing.
>
> The group DBM file is keyed on username with a content of
> :comma_separated_group_names
>
> Thus the entry ":cod,haddock" would give the user entry to group protected
> documents "cod" or "haddock".
>
> Anything before the initial : and anything after a final : is ignored. The
> original DBM password patch is modified to ignore anything after a final :.
> Thus the password and group details can be stored in the same DBM file if
> required (the DBM file is opened and examined twice in this case).
>
> key=username, content=CryptedPassword:CommaSeparatedGroups:Anything
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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