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Posted to mod_python-commits@quetz.apache.org by gr...@apache.org on 2006/10/27 05:54:36 UTC
svn commit: r468254 - /httpd/mod_python/trunk/Doc/modpython3.tex
Author: grahamd
Date: Thu Oct 26 20:54:36 2006
New Revision: 468254
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=468254
Log:
Note about using AuthAuthoritative and AuthBasicAuthoritative directives.
Modified:
httpd/mod_python/trunk/Doc/modpython3.tex
Modified: httpd/mod_python/trunk/Doc/modpython3.tex
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/mod_python/trunk/Doc/modpython3.tex?view=diff&rev=468254&r1=468253&r2=468254
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--- httpd/mod_python/trunk/Doc/modpython3.tex (original)
+++ httpd/mod_python/trunk/Doc/modpython3.tex Thu Oct 26 20:54:36 2006
@@ -362,6 +362,11 @@
</Directory>
\end{verbatim}
+Note that depending on which version of Apache is being used, you may need
+to set either the \code{AuthAuthoritative} or \code{AuthBasicAuthoritative}
+directive to \code{Off} to tell Apache that you want allow the task of
+performing basic authentication to fall through to your handler.
+
Now we need to write an authentication handler function in
\file{myscript.py}. A basic authentication handler would look like
this: