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+<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>User authentication using an SQL database</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>authn_dbd_module</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_authn_dbd.c</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.1 and later</td></tr></table>
+<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 SQL tables.
+ Similar functionality is provided by, for example,
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html">mod_authn_file</a></code>.</p>
+ <p>This module relies on <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dbd.html">mod_dbd</a></code> to specify
+ the backend database driver and connection parameters, and
+ manage the database connections.</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>dbd</code> value.</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><h3>Topics</h3>
+<ul id="topics">
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#socache">Performance and Caching</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#example">Configuration Example</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#exposed">Exposing Login Information</a></li>
+</ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
+<ul id="toc">
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authdbduserpwquery">AuthDBDUserPWQuery</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authdbduserrealmquery">AuthDBDUserRealmQuery</a></li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&amp;list_id=144532&amp;product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;query_format=specific&amp;order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&amp;component=mod_authn_dbd">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;component=mod_authn_dbd">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3>
+<ul class="seealso">
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_core.html#authname">AuthName</a></code></li>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_core.html#authtype">AuthType</a></code></li>
+<li>
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_basic.html#authbasicprovider">AuthBasicProvider</a></code>
+</li>
+<li>
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html#authdigestprovider">AuthDigestProvider</a></code>
+</li>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_dbd.html#dbdriver">DBDriver</a></code></li>
+<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_dbd.html#dbdparams">DBDParams</a></code></li>
+<li><a href="../misc/password_encryptions.html">Password Formats</a></li>
+<li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
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+<div class="section">
+<h2><a name="socache" id="socache">Performance and Caching</a></h2>
+
+<p>Some users of DBD authentication in HTTPD 2.2/2.4 have reported that it
+imposes a problematic load on the database. This is most likely where
+an HTML page contains hundreds of objects (e.g. images, scripts, etc)
+each of which requires authentication. Users affected (or concerned)
+by this kind of problem should use <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_socache.html">mod_authn_socache</a></code>
+to cache credentials and take most of the load off the database.</p>
+</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="section">
+<h2><a name="example" id="example">Configuration Example</a></h2>
+
+<p>This simple example shows use of this module in the context of
+the Authentication and DBD frameworks.</p>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-config"># mod_dbd configuration
+# UPDATED to include authentication caching
+DBDriver pgsql
+DBDParams "dbname=apacheauth user=apache password=xxxxxx"
+
+DBDMin 4
+DBDKeep 8
+DBDMax 20
+DBDExptime 300
+
+&lt;Directory "/usr/www/myhost/private"&gt;
+ # mod_authn_core and mod_auth_basic configuration
+ # for mod_authn_dbd
+ AuthType Basic
+ AuthName "My Server"
+
+ # To cache credentials, put socache ahead of dbd here
+ AuthBasicProvider socache dbd
+
+ # Also required for caching: tell the cache to cache dbd lookups!
+ AuthnCacheProvideFor dbd
+ AuthnCacheContext my-server
+
+ # mod_authz_core configuration
+ Require valid-user
+
+ # mod_authn_dbd SQL query to authenticate a user
+ AuthDBDUserPWQuery "SELECT password FROM authn WHERE user = %s"
+&lt;/Directory&gt;</pre>
+
+</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="section">
+<h2><a name="exposed" id="exposed">Exposing Login Information</a></h2>
+
+<p>
+Whenever a query is made to the database server, all
+column values in the first row returned by the query are placed in the
+environment, using environment variables with the prefix "AUTHENTICATE_".
+</p>
+<p>If a database query for example returned the username, full name
+and telephone number of a user, a CGI program will have access to
+this information without the need to make a second independent database
+query to gather this additional information.</p>
+<p>This has the potential to dramatically simplify the coding and
+configuration required in some web applications.
+</p>
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthDBDUserPWQuery" id="AuthDBDUserPWQuery">AuthDBDUserPWQuery</a> <a name="authdbduserpwquery" id="authdbduserpwquery">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>SQL query to look up a password for a user</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AuthDBDUserPWQuery <var>query</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_dbd</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">AuthDBDUserPWQuery</code> specifies an
+ SQL query to look up a password for a specified user. The user's ID
+ will be passed as a single string parameter when the SQL query is
+ executed. It may be referenced within the query statement using
+ a <code>%s</code> format specifier.</p>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AuthDBDUserPWQuery "SELECT password FROM authn WHERE user = %s"</pre>
+
+ <p>The first column value of the first row returned by the query
+ statement should be a string containing the encrypted password.
+ Subsequent rows will be ignored. If no rows are returned, the user
+ will not be authenticated through <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbd.html">mod_authn_dbd</a></code>.</p>
+ <p>Any additional column values in the first row returned by
+ the query statement will be stored as environment variables with
+ names of the form <code>AUTHENTICATE_<var>COLUMN</var></code>.
+ </p>
+ <p>The encrypted password format depends on which authentication
+ frontend (e.g. <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>) is being used. See <a href="../misc/password_encryptions.html">Password Formats</a> for
+ more information.</p>
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthDBDUserRealmQuery" id="AuthDBDUserRealmQuery">AuthDBDUserRealmQuery</a> <a name="authdbduserrealmquery" id="authdbduserrealmquery">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>SQL query to look up a password hash for a user and realm.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AuthDBDUserRealmQuery <var>query</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_authn_dbd</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">AuthDBDUserRealmQuery</code> specifies an
+ SQL query to look up a password for a specified user and realm in a
+ digest authentication process.
+ The user's ID and the realm, in that order, will be passed as string
+ parameters when the SQL query is executed. They may be referenced
+ within the query statement using <code>%s</code> format specifiers.</p>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AuthDBDUserRealmQuery "SELECT password FROM authn WHERE user = %s AND realm = %s"</pre>
+
+ <p>The first column value of the first row returned by the query
+ statement should be a string containing the encrypted password.
+ Subsequent rows will be ignored. If no rows are returned, the user
+ will not be authenticated through <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbd.html">mod_authn_dbd</a></code>.</p>
+ <p>Any additional column values in the first row returned by
+ the query statement will be stored as environment variables with
+ names of the form <code>AUTHENTICATE_<var>COLUMN</var></code>.
+ </p>
+ <p>The encrypted password format depends on which authentication
+ frontend (e.g. <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>) is being used. See <a href="../misc/password_encryptions.html">Password Formats</a> for
+ more information.</p>
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