Apache Module mod_authz_groupfile

Summary

This module provides authorization capabilities so that authenticated users can be allowed or denied access to portions of the web site by group membership. Similar functionality is provided bymod_authz_dbm.

Topics

• The Require Directives

Directives

• AuthGroupFile

Bugfix checklist

• httpd changelog
• Known issues
• Report a bug

See also

• Require
• Comments

The Require Directives

Apache'sRequire directives are used during the authorization phase to ensure that a user is allowed to access a resource. mod_authz_groupfile extends the authorization types withgroup andgroup-file.

Since v2.4.8,expressions are supported within the groupfile require directives.

Require group

This directive specifies group membership that is required for the user to gain access.

Require group admin

Require file-group

When this directive is specified, the filesystem permissions on the file being accessed are consulted. The user must be a member of a group with the same name as the group that owns the file. Seemod_authz_owner for more details.

Require file-group

AuthGroupFileDirective

TheAuthGroupFile directive sets the name of a textual file containing the list of user groups for user authorization.File-path is the path to the group file. If it is not absolute, it is treated as relative to theServerRoot.

Each line of the group file contains a groupname followed by a colon, followed by the member usernames separated by spaces.

Note that searching large text files isvery inefficient;AuthDBMGroupFile provides a much better performance.