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diff --git a/docs/manual/howto/auth.html.en b/docs/manual/howto/auth.html.en new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d8a9b0e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/howto/auth.html.en @@ -0,0 +1,640 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head> +<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> +<!-- + XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX + This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT + XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX + --> +<title>Authentication and Authorization - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4</title> +<link href="../style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" /> +<link href="../style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" /> +<link href="../style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style/css/prettify.css" /> +<script src="../style/scripts/prettify.min.js" type="text/javascript"> +</script> + +<link href="../images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head> +<body id="manual-page"><div id="page-header"> +<p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p> +<p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4</p> +<img alt="" src="../images/feather.png" /></div> +<div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div> +<div id="path"> +<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.4</a> > <a href="./">How-To / Tutorials</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>Authentication and Authorization</h1> +<div class="toplang"> +<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/howto/auth.html" title="English"> en </a> | +<a href="../es/howto/auth.html" hreflang="es" rel="alternate" title="Español"> es </a> | +<a href="../fr/howto/auth.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Français"> fr </a> | +<a href="../ja/howto/auth.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> | +<a href="../ko/howto/auth.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a> | +<a href="../tr/howto/auth.html" hreflang="tr" rel="alternate" title="Türkçe"> tr </a></p> +</div> + + <p>Authentication is any process by which you verify that + someone is who they claim they are. Authorization is any + process by which someone is allowed to be where they want to + go, or to have information that they want to have.</p> + + <p>For general access control, see the <a href="access.html">Access + Control How-To</a>.</p> +</div> +<div id="quickview"><a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html" class="badge"><img src="https://www.apache.org/images/SupportApache-small.png" alt="Support Apache!" /></a><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#related">Related Modules and Directives</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#theprerequisites">The Prerequisites</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#gettingitworking">Getting it working</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#lettingmorethanonepersonin">Letting more than one +person in</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#possibleproblems">Possible problems</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#dbmdbd">Alternate password storage</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#multprovider">Using multiple providers</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#beyond">Beyond just authorization</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#socache">Authentication Caching</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#moreinformation">More information</a></li> +</ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div> +<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="related" id="related">Related Modules and Directives</a></h2> + +<p>There are three types of modules involved in the authentication and +authorization process. You will usually need to choose at least one +module from each group.</p> + +<ul> + <li>Authentication type (see the + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_core.html#authtype">AuthType</a></code> directive) + <ul> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html">mod_auth_basic</a></code></li> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a></code></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>Authentication provider (see the + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code> and + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html#authdigestprovider">AuthDigestProvider</a></code> directives) + + <ul> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_anon.html">mod_authn_anon</a></code></li> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbd.html">mod_authn_dbd</a></code></li> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html">mod_authn_dbm</a></code></li> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html">mod_authn_file</a></code></li> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authnz_ldap.html">mod_authnz_ldap</a></code></li> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_socache.html">mod_authn_socache</a></code></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li>Authorization (see the + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#require">Require</a></code> directive) + <ul> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authnz_ldap.html">mod_authnz_ldap</a></code></li> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_dbd.html">mod_authz_dbd</a></code></li> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_dbm.html">mod_authz_dbm</a></code></li> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html">mod_authz_groupfile</a></code></li> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html">mod_authz_host</a></code></li> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_owner.html">mod_authz_owner</a></code></li> + <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_user.html">mod_authz_user</a></code></li> + </ul> + </li> +</ul> + + <p>In addition to these modules, there are also + <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_core.html">mod_authn_core</a></code> and + <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html">mod_authz_core</a></code>. These modules implement core + directives that are core to all auth modules.</p> + + <p>The module <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authnz_ldap.html">mod_authnz_ldap</a></code> is both an + authentication and authorization provider. The module + <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html">mod_authz_host</a></code> provides authorization + and access control based on hostname, IP address or characteristics + of the request, but is not part of the authentication provider + system. For backwards compatibility with the mod_access, there is + a new module <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_access_compat.html">mod_access_compat</a></code>.</p> + + <p>You probably also want to take a look at the <a href="access.html">Access Control</a> howto, which discusses the + various ways to control access to your server.</p> + +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="introduction" id="introduction">Introduction</a></h2> + <p>If you have information on your web site that is sensitive + or intended for only a small group of people, the techniques in + this article will help you make sure that the people that see + those pages are the people that you wanted to see them.</p> + + <p>This article covers the "standard" way of protecting parts + of your web site that most of you are going to use.</p> + + <div class="note"><h3>Note:</h3> + <p>If your data really needs to be secure, consider using + <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> in addition to any authentication.</p> + </div> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="theprerequisites" id="theprerequisites">The Prerequisites</a></h2> + <p>The directives discussed in this article will need to go + either in your main server configuration file (typically in a + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory"><Directory></a></code> section), or + in per-directory configuration files (<code>.htaccess</code> files).</p> + + <p>If you plan to use <code>.htaccess</code> files, you will + need to have a server configuration that permits putting + authentication directives in these files. This is done with the + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#allowoverride">AllowOverride</a></code> directive, which + specifies which directives, if any, may be put in per-directory + configuration files.</p> + + <p>Since we're talking here about authentication, you will need + an <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#allowoverride">AllowOverride</a></code> directive like the + following:</p> + + <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AllowOverride AuthConfig</pre> + + + <p>Or, if you are just going to put the directives directly in + your main server configuration file, you will of course need to + have write permission to that file.</p> + + <p>And you'll need to know a little bit about the directory + structure of your server, in order to know where some files are + kept. This should not be terribly difficult, and I'll try to + make this clear when we come to that point.</p> + + <p>You will also need to make sure that the modules + <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_core.html">mod_authn_core</a></code> and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html">mod_authz_core</a></code> + have either been built into the httpd binary or loaded by the + httpd.conf configuration file. Both of these modules provide core + directives and functionality that are critical to the configuration + and use of authentication and authorization in the web server.</p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="gettingitworking" id="gettingitworking">Getting it working</a></h2> + <p>Here's the basics of password protecting a directory on your + server.</p> + + <p>First, you need to create a password file. Exactly how you do + this will vary depending on what authentication provider you have + chosen. More on that later. To start with, we'll use a text password + file.</p> + + <p>This file should be + placed somewhere not accessible from the web. This is so that + folks cannot download the password file. For example, if your + documents are served out of <code>/usr/local/apache/htdocs</code>, you + might want to put the password file(s) in + <code>/usr/local/apache/passwd</code>.</p> + + <p>To create the file, use the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code> utility that + came with Apache. This will be located in the <code>bin</code> directory + of wherever you installed Apache. If you have installed Apache from + a third-party package, it may be in your execution path.</p> + + <p>To create the file, type:</p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + htpasswd -c /usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords rbowen + </code></p></div> + + <p><code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code> will ask you for the password, and + then ask you to type it again to confirm it:</p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + # htpasswd -c /usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords rbowen<br /> + New password: mypassword<br /> + Re-type new password: mypassword<br /> + Adding password for user rbowen + </code></p></div> + + <p>If <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code> is not in your path, of course + you'll have to type the full path to the file to get it to run. + With a default installation, it's located at + <code>/usr/local/apache2/bin/htpasswd</code></p> + + <p>Next, you'll need to configure the server to request a + password and tell the server which users are allowed access. + You can do this either by editing the <code>httpd.conf</code> + file or using an <code>.htaccess</code> file. For example, if + you wish to protect the directory + <code>/usr/local/apache/htdocs/secret</code>, you can use the + following directives, either placed in the file + <code>/usr/local/apache/htdocs/secret/.htaccess</code>, or + placed in <code>httpd.conf</code> inside a <Directory + "/usr/local/apache/htdocs/secret"> section.</p> + + <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AuthType Basic +AuthName "Restricted Files" +# (Following line optional) +AuthBasicProvider file +AuthUserFile "/usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords" +Require user rbowen</pre> + + + <p>Let's examine each of those directives individually. The <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_core.html#authtype">AuthType</a></code> directive selects + the method that is used to authenticate the user. The most + common method is <code>Basic</code>, and this is the method + implemented by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html">mod_auth_basic</a></code>. It is important to be aware, + however, that Basic authentication sends the password from the client to + the server unencrypted. This method should therefore not be used for + highly sensitive data, unless accompanied by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code>. + Apache supports one other authentication method: + <code>AuthType Digest</code>. This method is implemented by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a></code> and was intended to be more secure. This is no + longer the case and the connection should be encrypted with <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> instead.</p> + + <p>The <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_core.html#authname">AuthName</a></code> directive sets + the <dfn>Realm</dfn> to be used in the authentication. The realm serves + two major functions. First, the client often presents this information to + the user as part of the password dialog box. Second, it is used by the + client to determine what password to send for a given authenticated + area.</p> + + <p>So, for example, once a client has authenticated in the + <code>"Restricted Files"</code> area, it will automatically + retry the same password for any area on the same server that is + marked with the <code>"Restricted Files"</code> Realm. + Therefore, you can prevent a user from being prompted more than + once for a password by letting multiple restricted areas share + the same realm. Of course, for security reasons, the client + will always need to ask again for the password whenever the + hostname of the server changes.</p> + + <p>The <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code> is, + in this case, optional, since <code>file</code> is the default value + for this directive. You'll need to use this directive if you are + choosing a different source for authentication, such as + <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html">mod_authn_dbm</a></code> or <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbd.html">mod_authn_dbd</a></code>.</p> + + <p>The <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a></code> + directive sets the path to the password file that we just + created with <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code>. If you have a large number + of users, it can be quite slow to search through a plain text + file to authenticate the user on each request. Apache also has + the ability to store user information in fast database files. + The <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html">mod_authn_dbm</a></code> module provides the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</a></code> directive. These + files can be created and manipulated with the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/dbmmanage.html">dbmmanage</a></code> and <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htdbm.html">htdbm</a></code> programs. Many + other types of authentication options are available from third + party modules.</p> + + <p>Finally, the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#require">Require</a></code> + directive provides the authorization part of the process by + setting the user that is allowed to access this region of the + server. In the next section, we discuss various ways to use the + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#require">Require</a></code> directive.</p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="lettingmorethanonepersonin" id="lettingmorethanonepersonin">Letting more than one +person in</a></h2> + <p>The directives above only let one person (specifically + someone with a username of <code>rbowen</code>) into the + directory. In most cases, you'll want to let more than one + person in. This is where the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html#authgroupfile">AuthGroupFile</a></code> comes in.</p> + + <p>If you want to let more than one person in, you'll need to + create a group file that associates group names with a list of + users in that group. The format of this file is pretty simple, + and you can create it with your favorite editor. The contents + of the file will look like this:</p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + GroupName: rbowen dpitts sungo rshersey + </code></p></div> + + <p>That's just a list of the members of the group in a long + line separated by spaces.</p> + + <p>To add a user to your already existing password file, + type:</p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + htpasswd /usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords dpitts + </code></p></div> + + <p>You'll get the same response as before, but it will be + appended to the existing file, rather than creating a new file. + (It's the <code>-c</code> that makes it create a new password + file).</p> + + <p>Now, you need to modify your <code>.htaccess</code> file or + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory"><Directory></a></code> block + to look like the following:</p> + + <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AuthType Basic +AuthName "By Invitation Only" +# Optional line: +AuthBasicProvider file +AuthUserFile "/usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords" +AuthGroupFile "/usr/local/apache/passwd/groups" +Require group GroupName</pre> + + + <p>Now, anyone that is listed in the group <code>GroupName</code>, + and has an entry in the <code>password</code> file, will be let in, if + they type the correct password.</p> + + <p>There's another way to let multiple users in that is less + specific. Rather than creating a group file, you can just use + the following directive:</p> + + <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Require valid-user</pre> + + + <p>Using that rather than the <code>Require user rbowen</code> + line will allow anyone in that is listed in the password file, + and who correctly enters their password.</p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="possibleproblems" id="possibleproblems">Possible problems</a></h2> + <p>Because of the way that Basic authentication is specified, + your username and password must be verified every time you + request a document from the server. This is even if you're + reloading the same page, and for every image on the page (if + they come from a protected directory). As you can imagine, this + slows things down a little. The amount that it slows things + down is proportional to the size of the password file, because + it has to open up that file, and go down the list of users + until it gets to your name. And it has to do this every time a + page is loaded.</p> + + <p>A consequence of this is that there's a practical limit to + how many users you can put in one password file. This limit + will vary depending on the performance of your particular + server machine, but you can expect to see slowdowns once you + get above a few hundred entries, and may wish to consider a + different authentication method at that time.</p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="dbmdbd" id="dbmdbd">Alternate password storage</a></h2> + + <p>Because storing passwords in plain text files has the above + problems, you may wish to store your passwords somewhere else, such + as in a database.</p> + + <p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html">mod_authn_dbm</a></code> and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbd.html">mod_authn_dbd</a></code> are two + modules which make this possible. Rather than selecting <code><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code> file</code>, instead + you can choose <code>dbm</code> or <code>dbd</code> as your storage + format.</p> + + <p>To select a dbm file rather than a text file, for example:</p> + + <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><Directory "/www/docs/private"> + AuthName "Private" + AuthType Basic + AuthBasicProvider dbm + AuthDBMUserFile "/www/passwords/passwd.dbm" + Require valid-user +</Directory></pre> + + + <p>Other options are available. Consult the + <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html">mod_authn_dbm</a></code> documentation for more details.</p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="multprovider" id="multprovider">Using multiple providers</a></h2> + + <p>With the introduction of the new provider based authentication and + authorization architecture, you are no longer locked into a single + authentication or authorization method. In fact any number of the + providers can be mixed and matched to provide you with exactly the + scheme that meets your needs. In the following example, both the + file and LDAP based authentication providers are being used.</p> + + <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><Directory "/www/docs/private"> + AuthName "Private" + AuthType Basic + AuthBasicProvider file ldap + AuthUserFile "/usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords" + AuthLDAPURL ldap://ldaphost/o=yourorg + Require valid-user +</Directory></pre> + + + <p>In this example the file provider will attempt to authenticate + the user first. If it is unable to authenticate the user, the LDAP + provider will be called. This allows the scope of authentication + to be broadened if your organization implements more than + one type of authentication store. Other authentication and authorization + scenarios may include mixing one type of authentication with a + different type of authorization. For example, authenticating against + a password file yet authorizing against an LDAP directory.</p> + + <p>Just as multiple authentication providers can be implemented, multiple + authorization methods can also be used. In this example both file group + authorization as well as LDAP group authorization is being used.</p> + + <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><Directory "/www/docs/private"> + AuthName "Private" + AuthType Basic + AuthBasicProvider file + AuthUserFile "/usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords" + AuthLDAPURL ldap://ldaphost/o=yourorg + AuthGroupFile "/usr/local/apache/passwd/groups" + Require group GroupName + Require ldap-group cn=mygroup,o=yourorg +</Directory></pre> + + + <p>To take authorization a little further, authorization container + directives such as + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#requireall"><RequireAll></a></code> + and + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#requireany"><RequireAny></a></code> + allow logic to be applied so that the order in which authorization + is handled can be completely controlled through the configuration. + See <a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#logic">Authorization + Containers</a> for an example of how they may be applied.</p> + +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="beyond" id="beyond">Beyond just authorization</a></h2> + + <p>The way that authorization can be applied is now much more flexible + than just a single check against a single data store. Ordering, logic + and choosing how authorization will be done is now possible.</p> + + <h3><a name="authandororder" id="authandororder">Applying logic and ordering</a></h3> + <p>Controlling how and in what order authorization will be applied + has been a bit of a mystery in the past. In Apache 2.2 a provider-based + authentication mechanism was introduced to decouple the actual + authentication process from authorization and supporting functionality. + One of the side benefits was that authentication providers could be + configured and called in a specific order which didn't depend on the + load order of the auth module itself. This same provider based mechanism + has been brought forward into authorization as well. What this means is + that the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#require">Require</a></code> directive + not only specifies which authorization methods should be used, it also + specifies the order in which they are called. Multiple authorization + methods are called in the same order in which the + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#require">Require</a></code> directives + appear in the configuration.</p> + + <p>With the introduction of authorization container directives + such as + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#requireall"><RequireAll></a></code> + and + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#requireany"><RequireAny></a></code>, + the configuration also has control over when the + authorization methods are called and what criteria determines when + access is granted. See + <a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#logic">Authorization Containers</a> + for an example of how they may be used to express complex + authorization logic.</p> + + <p>By default all + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#require">Require</a></code> + directives are handled as though contained within a + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#requireany"><RequireAny></a></code> + container directive. In other words, if + any of the specified authorization methods succeed, then authorization + is granted.</p> + + + + <h3><a name="reqaccessctrl" id="reqaccessctrl">Using authorization providers for access control</a></h3> + <p>Authentication by username and password is only part of the + story. Frequently you want to let people in based on something + other than who they are. Something such as where they are + coming from.</p> + + <p>The authorization providers <code>all</code>, + <code>env</code>, <code>host</code> and <code>ip</code> let you + allow or deny access based on other host based criteria such as + host name or ip address of the machine requesting a + document.</p> + + <p>The usage of these providers is specified through the + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#require">Require</a></code> directive. + This directive registers the authorization providers + that will be called during the authorization stage of the request + processing. For example:</p> + + <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Require ip <var>address</var> + </pre> + + + <p>where <var>address</var> is an IP address (or a partial IP + address) or:</p> + + <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Require host <var>domain_name</var> + </pre> + + + <p>where <var>domain_name</var> is a fully qualified domain name + (or a partial domain name); you may provide multiple addresses or + domain names, if desired.</p> + + <p>For example, if you have someone spamming your message + board, and you want to keep them out, you could do the + following:</p> + + <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><RequireAll> + Require all granted + Require not ip 10.252.46.165 +</RequireAll></pre> + + + <p>Visitors coming from that address will not be able to see + the content covered by this directive. If, instead, you have a + machine name, rather than an IP address, you can use that.</p> + + <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><RequireAll> + Require all granted + Require not host host.example.com +</RequireAll></pre> + + + <p>And, if you'd like to block access from an entire domain, + you can specify just part of an address or domain name:</p> + + <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><RequireAll> + Require all granted + Require not ip 192.168.205 + Require not host phishers.example.com moreidiots.example + Require not host ke +</RequireAll></pre> + + + <p>Using <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#requireall"><RequireAll></a></code> + with multiple <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#require"><Require></a></code> directives, each negated with <code>not</code>, + will only allow access, if all of negated conditions are true. In other words, + access will be blocked, if any of the negated conditions fails.</p> + + + + <h3><a name="filesystem" id="filesystem">Access Control backwards compatibility</a></h3> + <p>One of the side effects of adopting a provider based mechanism for + authentication is that the previous access control directives + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_access_compat.html#order">Order</a></code>, + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_access_compat.html#allow">Allow</a></code>, + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_access_compat.html#deny">Deny</a></code> and + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_access_compat.html#satisfy">Satisfy</a></code> are no longer needed. + However to provide backwards compatibility for older configurations, these + directives have been moved to the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_access_compat.html">mod_access_compat</a></code> module.</p> + + <div class="warning"><h3>Note</h3> + <p>The directives provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_access_compat.html">mod_access_compat</a></code> have + been deprecated by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html">mod_authz_host</a></code>. + Mixing old directives like <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_access_compat.html#order">Order</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_access_compat.html#allow">Allow</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_access_compat.html#deny">Deny</a></code> with new ones like + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#require">Require</a></code> is technically possible + but discouraged. The <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_access_compat.html">mod_access_compat</a></code> module was created to support + configurations containing only old directives to facilitate the 2.4 upgrade. + Please check the <a href="../upgrading.html">upgrading</a> guide for more + information. + </p> + </div> + + +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="socache" id="socache">Authentication Caching</a></h2> + <p>There may be times when authentication puts an unacceptable load + on a provider or on your network. This is most likely to affect users + of <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbd.html">mod_authn_dbd</a></code> (or third-party/custom providers). + To deal with this, HTTPD 2.3/2.4 introduces a new caching provider + <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_socache.html">mod_authn_socache</a></code> to cache credentials and reduce + the load on the origin provider(s).</p> + <p>This may offer a substantial performance boost to some users.</p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="moreinformation" id="moreinformation">More information</a></h2> + <p>You should also read the documentation for + <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html">mod_auth_basic</a></code> and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html">mod_authz_host</a></code> + which contain some more information about how this all works. The + directive <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_core.html#authnprovideralias"><AuthnProviderAlias></a></code> can also help + in simplifying certain authentication configurations.</p> + + <p>The various ciphers supported by Apache for authentication data are + explained in <a href="../misc/password_encryptions.html">Password + Encryptions</a>.</p> + + <p>And you may want to look at the <a href="access.html">Access + Control</a> howto, which discusses a number of related topics.</p> + +</div></div> +<div class="bottomlang"> +<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/howto/auth.html" title="English"> en </a> | +<a href="../es/howto/auth.html" hreflang="es" rel="alternate" title="Español"> es </a> | +<a href="../fr/howto/auth.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Français"> fr </a> | +<a href="../ja/howto/auth.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> | +<a href="../ko/howto/auth.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a> | +<a href="../tr/howto/auth.html" hreflang="tr" rel="alternate" title="Türkçe"> tr </a></p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img src="../images/up.gif" alt="top" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a id="comments_section" name="comments_section">Comments</a></h2><div class="warning"><strong>Notice:</strong><br />This is not a Q&A section. 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