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.\" This file is part of libvmod_basicauth -*- nroff -*-
.\" Copyright (C) 2013 Sergey Poznyakoff
.\"
.\" Libvmod_basicauth is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
.\" any later version.
.\"
.\" Libvmod_basicauth is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.\" along with libvmod_basicauth.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
.TH VMOD_BASICAUTH 1 "July 7, 2013" "VMOD_BASICAUTH" "User Reference"
.SH NAME
vmod_basicauth \- Basic HTTP authentication
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B import basicauth
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B vmod_basicauth
module implements basic HTTP authentication against the password file
created using the
.BR htpasswd (1)
command.
.PP
Three kinds of password hashes are supported:
Apache MD5 (\fB$apr1$\fR),
.BR crypt (3),
and plaintext.
.SH FUNCTIONS
.SS match
.TP
.B Prototype
match(STRING \fIFILE\fR, STRING \fIAUTHSTR\fR)
.TP
.B Return value
Bool
.TP
.B Description
\fIAUTHSTR\fR is the authentication string as supplied with the
.B Authorization:
header.  The function checks if it matches one of the lines in
the password file \fIFILE\fR and returns \fBtrue\fR if so.
.TP
.B Example
.sp
.nf
.in +2
if (!basicauth.match("/var/www/.htpasswd",
                     req.http.Authorization)) {
	error 401 "Restricted";
}
.in
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR vcl (7),
.BR varnishd (1).
.SH AUTHORS
Sergey Poznyakoff
.SH "BUG REPORTS"
Report bugs to <gray@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2013 Sergey Poznyakoff
.br
.na
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
.br
.ad
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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