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<h3 id="_validator_plain">Validator: Plain</h3><div style="clear:left"></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The plain validator uses a flat-file to authenticate users.</p></div>
<h4 id="_syntax">Syntax</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Each line defines a user. The username and password are delimited by a <tt>`:</tt>`
colon.</p></div>
<h4 id="parameters">Parameters</h4>
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<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table"><em>passwdfile</em></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p class="table">Required. The location of the user/pass file.</p></td>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>The parameter that specifies the file containing the pairs
<em>user:password</em> is mandatory. <tt>Plain</tt> authentication can use both
<tt>Basic</tt> and <tt>Digest</tt> schemes.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>You can and should place the password file outside the web tree to
prevent remote users from accessing the list.</p></div>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>This could be the contents of the the file <tt>/var/www/passwd</tt> specified
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<div class="paragraph"><p>testuser:testpassword</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>cherokee:webserver</p></div>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>This would only allow access to the users <tt>cherokee</tt> and <tt>testuser</tt>.</p></div>
<h4 id="compatibility">Compatibility</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>This validator is compatible with both <strong>basic</strong> and <strong>digest</strong> schemes.</p></div>
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