Apache Reference: mod_auth_db, AuthDBUserFile

AuthDBUserFile

DB File with Users for Authentication
Syntax: AuthDBUserFile A
Example: AuthDBUserFile /etc/www-passwd.dbm
Since: Apache 1.0

This directive specifies the DB file containing the list of users and passwords for user authentication. The file argument consists the absolute path to the user file, which is keyed on the user name. The value for a user is the crypt(3) encrypted password, optionally followed by a colon and arbitrary data. The server ignores the colon and the data following it.