AuthDBMUserFile

The AuthDBMUserFile directive sets the name of a DBM file containing the list of users and passwords for user authentication.

AuthDBMUserFile filename
directory, .htaccess

filename is the absolute path to the user file.

The user file is keyed on the username. The value for a user is the crypt()-encrypted password, optionally followed by a colon and arbitrary data. The colon and the data following it will be ignored by the server.

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