The following table describes the parameter values for the proxy-auth function.
Table 5–37 proxy-auth Parameter Values
Value |
Description |
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auth-type |
Specifies the type of authorization to be used. Set the type to “basic” unless you are running a UNIX proxy and are going to use your own function to perform authentication. |
dbm |
Specifies the full path and base file name of the user database in the server’s native format. The native format is a system DBM file, which is a hashed file format allowing instantaneous access to large number of users. If you use this parameter, don’t use the userfile parameter. |
userfile |
Specifies the full path name of the user database in the NCSA-style httpd user file format. This format consists of name:password lines where password is encrypted. If you use this parameter, do not use dbm. |
grpfile |
(optional)Specifies the NCSA-style httpd group file to be used. Each line of a group file consists of group:user1 user2...userN, where each user is separated by spaces. |