Example: AuthDBGroupFile /etc/www-groups.dbm
Since: Apache 1.0
This directive specifies the DB file containing the list
of user groups for user authentication. The file argument consists of
the absolute path to the group file, which is keyed
on the user name. The value for a user is a comma-separated
list of the groups to which the user belongs.
No whitespace can appear within the value, nor any
colons.
In some cases, it is easier to manage a single database that
contains both the password and group details for each user.
This approach simplifies any necessary support programs; they
must then deal with writing to and locking only a single DB
file. This task can be accomplished by first setting the group
and password files to point to the same DB, with the key for
the single DB being the username. The value then consists of a
password section containing the UNIX crypt(3) password, followed
by a colon and the comma-separated list of groups. Other data
may optionally appear in the DB file after another colon; the
authentication module ignores this information.