Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 7 Administrator's Configuration File Reference

auth-db

The auth-db element configures an ACL authentication database. This element may appear zero or more times within the server element and zero or more times within the virtual-server element. For more information, see server, and virtual-server.

Subelements

The auth-db element can contain the following subelements:

Table 3–6 List of auth-db Subelements

Element 

Occurrences 

Description 

enabled

0 or 1 

Determines whether the ACL authentication database is enabled at runtime. The default value is true.

name

The name that uniquely identifies the ACL authentication database for use in ACL files.  

url

The URL of the ACL authentication database. The type of ACL authentication database is specified in the URL scheme. For example, ldap://ds.example.com/dc=example,dc=com configures a LDAP directory server as an ACL authentication database.

auth-expiring-url

0 or 1 

The URL to which the server redirects the client if the supplied password is about to expire. 

property

0 or more 

Configures the ACL authentication database properties. For more details, see property.

description

0 or 1 

The description of the ACL authentication database. The value is in text format. 

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