Apache Module mod_authz_groupfile

This module provides authorization capabilities so that authenticated users can be allowed or denied access to portions of the web site by group membership. Similar functionality is provided by

directives are used during the authorization phase to ensure that a user is allowed to access a resource. modauthzgroupfile extends the authorization types with Requiregroup

Since v2.4.8, expressions are supported within the groupfile require directives.

This directive specifies group membership that is required for the user to gain access.

When this directive is specified, the user must be a member of the group assigned to the file being accessed.

directive sets the name of a textual file containing the list of user groups for user authorization. File-path is the path to the group file. If it is not absolute, it is treated as relative to the

Each line of the group file contains a groupname followed by a colon, followed by the member usernames separated by spaces.

mygroup: bob joe anne

Note that searching large text files is very inefficient;

provides a much better performance.AuthDBMGroupFile

Make sure that the AuthGroupFile

is stored outside the document tree of the web-server; do not put it in the directory that it protects. Otherwise, clients may be able to download the AuthGroupFile

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