Key File Directory Services

A key file is a text file that contains the user’s password in a hashed format and the list of groups to which the user belongs. The key file format can only be used when the intent is to use HTTP Basic authentication. For more information about this authentication method, see Specifying Users and Groups.

When a key file-based database is created, the dbswitch.conf file is updated as shown in the example below:

directory keyfile filekeyfile:syntax keyfilekeyfile:keyfile D:\\test22\\keyfile\\keyfiledb