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diff --git a/APACHE_1_3_42/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_auth_anon.html b/APACHE_1_3_42/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_auth_anon.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..55a206ab30 --- /dev/null +++ b/APACHE_1_3_42/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_auth_anon.html @@ -0,0 +1,286 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> + +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> + <head> + <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org" /> + + <title>Apache module mod_auth_anon.c</title> + </head> + <!-- Background white, links blue (unvisited), navy (visited), red (active) --> + + <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" + vlink="#000080" alink="#FF0000"> + <!--#include virtual="header.html" --> + + <h1 align="CENTER">Module mod_auth_anon</h1> + This module allows "anonymous" user access to authenticated + areas. + + <p><a href="module-dict.html#Status" + rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> Extension<br /> + <a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile" + rel="Help"><strong>Source File:</strong></a> + mod_auth_anon.c<br /> + <a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier" + rel="Help"><strong>Module Identifier:</strong></a> + anon_auth_module<br /> + <a href="module-dict.html#Compatibility" + rel="Help"><strong>Compatibility:</strong></a> Available in + Apache 1.1 and later.</p> + + <h2>Summary</h2> + + <p>This module does access control in a manner similar to + anonymous-ftp sites; <em>i.e.</em> have a 'magic' user id + 'anonymous' and the email address as a password. These email + addresses can be logged.</p> + + <p>Combined with other (database) access control methods, this + allows for effective user tracking and customization according + to a user profile while still keeping the site open for + 'unregistered' users. One advantage of using Auth-based user + tracking is that, unlike magic-cookies and funny URL + pre/postfixes, it is completely browser independent and it + allows users to share URLs.</p> + + <h2><a id="Directives" name="Directives">Directives</a></h2> + + <ul> + <li><a href="#anonymous">Anonymous</a></li> + + <li><a href="#Authoritative">Anonymous_Authoritative</a></li> + + <li><a href="#LogEmail">Anonymous_LogEmail</a></li> + + <li><a href="#MustGiveEmail">Anonymous_MustGiveEmail</a></li> + + <li><a href="#NoUserID">Anonymous_NoUserID</a></li> + + <li><a href="#VerifyEmail">Anonymous_VerifyEmail</a></li> + </ul> + + <h2><a id="Example" name="Example">Example</a></h2> + The example below (when combined with the Auth directives of a + htpasswd-file based (or GDM, mSQL <em>etc.</em>) base access + control system allows users in as 'guests' with the following + properties: + + <ul> + <li>It insists that the user enters a userId. + (<code>Anonymous_NoUserId</code>)</li> + + <li>It insists that the user enters a password. + (<code>Anonymous_MustGiveEmail</code>)</li> + + <li>The password entered must be a valid email address, ie. + contain at least one '@' and a '.'. + (<code>Anonymous_VerifyEmail</code>)</li> + + <li>The userID must be one of <code>anonymous guest www test + welcome</code> and comparison is <strong>not</strong> case + sensitive.</li> + + <li>And the Email addresses entered in the passwd field are + logged to the error log file + (<code>Anonymous_LogEmail</code>)</li> + </ul> + + <p>Excerpt of httpd.conf:</p> + + <blockquote> +<pre> +Anonymous_NoUserId off +Anonymous_MustGiveEmail on +Anonymous_VerifyEmail on +Anonymous_LogEmail on +Anonymous anonymous guest www test welcome + +AuthName "Use 'anonymous' & Email address for guest entry" +AuthType basic + +# An AuthUserFile/AuthDBUserFile/AuthDBMUserFile +# directive must be specified, or use +# Anonymous_Authoritative for public access. +# In the .htaccess for the public directory, add: +<Files *> +Order Deny,Allow +Allow from all + +Require valid-user +</Files> +</pre> + </blockquote> + <hr /> + + <h2><a id="anonymous" name="anonymous">Anonymous + directive</a></h2> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" + rel="Help"><strong>Syntax:</strong></a> Anonymous <em>user</em> + [<em>user</em>] ...<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Default" + rel="Help"><strong>Default:</strong></a> none<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Context" + rel="Help"><strong>Context:</strong></a> directory, + .htaccess<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Override" + rel="Help"><strong>Override:</strong></a> AuthConfig<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Status" + rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> Extension<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Module" + rel="Help"><strong>Module:</strong></a> mod_auth_anon + + <p>A list of one or more 'magic' userIDs which are allowed + access without password verification. The userIDs are space + separated. It is possible to use the ' and " quotes to allow a + space in a userID as well as the \ escape character.</p> + + <p>Please note that the comparison is + <strong>case-IN-sensitive</strong>.<br /> + I strongly suggest that the magic username + '<code>anonymous</code>' is always one of the allowed + userIDs.</p> + + <p>Example:<br /> + <code>Anonymous anonymous "Not Registered" 'I don\'t + know'</code></p> + + <p>This would allow the user to enter without password + verification by using the userId's 'anonymous', + 'AnonyMous','Not Registered' and 'I Don't Know'.</p> + <hr /> + + <h2><a id="Authoritative" + name="Authoritative">Anonymous_Authoritative directive</a></h2> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" + rel="Help"><strong>Syntax:</strong></a> Anonymous_Authoritative + on|off<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Default" + rel="Help"><strong>Default:</strong></a> + <code>Anonymous_Authoritative off</code><br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Context" + rel="Help"><strong>Context:</strong></a> directory, + .htaccess<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Override" + rel="Help"><strong>Override:</strong></a> AuthConfig<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Status" + rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> Extension<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Module" + rel="Help"><strong>Module:</strong></a> mod_auth_anon + + <p>When set 'on', there is no fall-through to other + authorization methods. So if a userID does not match the values + specified in the <code>Anonymous</code> directive, access is + denied.</p> + + <p>Be sure you know what you are doing when you decide to + switch it on. And remember that it is the linking order of the + modules (in the Configuration / Make file) which details the + order in which the Authorization modules are queried.</p> + <hr /> + + <h2><a id="LogEmail" name="LogEmail">Anonymous_LogEmail + directive</a></h2> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" + rel="Help"><strong>Syntax:</strong></a> Anonymous_LogEmail + on|off<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Default" + rel="Help"><strong>Default:</strong></a> + <code>Anonymous_LogEmail on</code><br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Context" + rel="Help"><strong>Context:</strong></a> directory, + .htaccess<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Override" + rel="Help"><strong>Override:</strong></a> AuthConfig<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Status" + rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> Extension<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Module" + rel="Help"><strong>Module:</strong></a> mod_auth_anon + + <p>When set 'on', the default, the 'password' entered (which + hopefully contains a sensible email address) is logged in the + error log. The message is logged at a level of <code>info</code>, + and so you must have <a href="core.html#loglevel">LogLevel</a> set + to at least <code>info</code> in order to see this message.</p> + + <p>Log entries will look like the following example:</p> + + <pre> +[Fri Apr 26 14:49:50 2002] [info] [client 192.168.1.105] Anonymous: Passwd <user@example.com> Accepted +</pre> + + <hr /> + + <h2><a id="MustGiveEmail" + name="MustGiveEmail">Anonymous_MustGiveEmail directive</a></h2> + + <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" + rel="Help"><strong>Syntax:</strong></a> Anonymous_MustGiveEmail + on|off<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Default" + rel="Help"><strong>Default:</strong></a> + <code>Anonymous_MustGiveEmail on</code><br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Context" + rel="Help"><strong>Context:</strong></a> directory, + .htaccess<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Override" + rel="Help"><strong>Override:</strong></a> AuthConfig<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Status" + rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> Extension<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Module" + rel="Help"><strong>Module:</strong></a> mod_auth_anon + + <p>Specifies whether the user must specify an email address as + the password. This prohibits blank passwords.</p> + <hr /> + + <h2><a id="NoUserID" name="NoUserID">Anonymous_NoUserID + directive</a></h2> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" + rel="Help"><strong>Syntax:</strong></a> Anonymous_NoUserID + on|off<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Default" + rel="Help"><strong>Default:</strong></a> + <code>Anonymous_NoUserID off</code><br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Context" + rel="Help"><strong>Context:</strong></a> directory, + .htaccess<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Override" + rel="Help"><strong>Override:</strong></a> AuthConfig<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Status" + rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> Extension<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Module" + rel="Help"><strong>Module:</strong></a> mod_auth_anon + + <p>When set 'on', users can leave the userID (and perhaps the + password field) empty. This can be very convenient for + MS-Explorer users who can just hit return or click directly on + the OK button; which seems a natural reaction.</p> + <hr /> + + <h2><a id="VerifyEmail" + name="VerifyEmail">Anonymous_VerifyEmail directive</a></h2> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" + rel="Help"><strong>Syntax:</strong></a> Anonymous_VerifyEmail + on|off<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Default" + rel="Help"><strong>Default:</strong></a> + <code>Anonymous_VerifyEmail off</code><br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Context" + rel="Help"><strong>Context:</strong></a> directory, + .htaccess<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Override" + rel="Help"><strong>Override:</strong></a> AuthConfig<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Status" + rel="Help"><strong>Status:</strong></a> Extension<br /> + <a href="directive-dict.html#Module" + rel="Help"><strong>Module:</strong></a> mod_auth_anon + + <p>When set 'on' the 'password' entered is checked for at least + one '@' and a '.' to encourage users to enter valid email + addresses (see the above <code>Auth_LogEmail</code>). + <!--#include virtual="footer.html" --> + </p> + </body> +</html> + |