Changes between Version 33 and Version 34 of AccountManagerPlugin

Timestamp:

Jan 12, 2007, 3:33:05 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

eli.carter@…

Comment:

Further documentation of HttpAuthStore

AccountManagerPlugin

@@ -139 +139 @@
  '''Package''':: acct_mgr.http
 
-Used to restrict access to use the http access allowed for authentication_url.
+Used to delegate authentication to the web server.  This allows access to be restricted based on LDAP, a password file, etc, or some combination of them.
+
+Note: This password store does not support listing/adding/removing users or changing passwords.
 
 {{{
@@ -149 +151 @@
 ; configure the plugin to use a page that is secured with http authentication
 authentication_url = http://hostname/path
+}}}
+
+This will generally be matched with an Apache config like:
+{{{
+<Directory /var/www/html/path>
+   ...HTTP authentication configuration...
+   Require valid-user
+</Directory>
 }}}