19.5 mod_auth_anon

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	Webmaster in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition By Robert Eckstein, Stephen Spainhour
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	Chapter 19.  Apache Modules

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19.5 mod_auth_anon

The mod_auth_anon module determines which clients can access parts of the server anonymously. A standard anonymous connection uses the user anonymous with the client user 's email address as password. Use of this module allows the server to track visitors and what pages they have requested .

Anonymous

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  Anonymous   user1  user2 ... 

[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Specifies a list of users who do not require password authentication to access documents in this realm. The user IDs are case-insensitive. For example:

 Anonymous anonymous guest "Some User" 

Anonymous_Authoritative

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  Anonymous_Authoritative  onoff 

[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Decides at which level authentication and authorization can be performed. If off is specified, and there is no user ID matching the requester, authentication and authorization are passed to lower-level modules, which allow anonymous access to their respective content based on individual settings.

Anonymous_LogEmail

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  Anonymous_LogEmail  onoff 

[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

If set to on, logs the anonymous password entry (the requested email address) to the error log. The default is on.

Anonymous_MustGiveEmail

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  Anonymous_MustGiveEmail  onoff 

[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

If set to on, prohibits blank passwords from being used. The default is on.

Anonymous_NoUserID

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  Anonymous_NoUserID  onoff 

[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

If set to on, allows the user ID entry to be empty. The default is off, which specifies that the client must enter a user ID.

Anonymous_VerifyEmail

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  Anonymous_VerifyEmail  onoff 

[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

If set to on, verifies that the password entered contains a @ and a . character. The default is off.

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