HTTP Administration 8-3
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The /etc/httpd.access file contains directives that govern authentication for each direc-
tory. The filer supports the following directives:
directory
AuthName
require user
require group
These directives are compatible with the Apache Web server directives, but the filer
ignores all other directives.

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Specifies a directory tree to be protected and encloses all other directives. The syntax
of the directory directive is as follows:
<Directory
directory_name
>
directive ...
</Directory>

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Specifies a realm, that is, an alias for the directory that appears instead of the direc-
tory name in the browsers password dialog box when a user tries to access the
directory. Whatever follows AuthName is the name of the realm. The name of the
realm can contain spaces. The syntax of the AuthName directive is as follows:
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Specifies the users who can access the directory. The syntax of the require
user directive is as follows:
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Specifies the groups that can access the directory. The syntax of the require
group directive is as follows:
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The /etc/httpd.passwd file contains the user_id and encrypted-password pairs. The
pairs have the following format:
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