diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/inets/doc/src/http_server.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/http_server.xml | 36 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/http_server.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/http_server.xml index aeda961714..65b3dcde95 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/http_server.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/http_server.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2015</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ <item>Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)</item> <item>Erlang Scripting Interface (ESI)</item> <item>Common Gateway Interface (CGI)</item> - <item>User Authentication (using <c>Mnesia</c>, - <c>Dets</c> or plain text database)</item> + <item>User Authentication (using Mnesia, + Dets or plain text database)</item> <item>Common Logfile Format (with or without disk_log(3) support)</item> <item>URL Aliasing</item> <item>Action Mappings</item> @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ http://your.server.org/eval?httpd_example:print(atom_to_list(apply(erlang,halt,[ <title>mod_auth - User Authentication</title> <p>The <seealso marker="mod_auth">mod_auth(3)</seealso> module provides for basic user authentication using - textual files, <c>Dets</c> databases as well as <c>Mnesia</c> databases.</p> + textual files, Dets databases as well as Mnesia databases.</p> <p>Uses the following Erlang Web Server API interaction data: </p> <list type="bulleted"> @@ -580,15 +580,15 @@ http://your.server.org/eval?httpd_example:print(atom_to_list(apply(erlang,halt,[ <section> <title>Mnesia As Authentication Database</title> - <p>If <c>Mnesia</c> is used as storage method, <c>Mnesia</c> must be - started before the HTTP server. The first time <c>Mnesia</c> is + <p>If Mnesia is used as storage method, Mnesia must be + started before the HTTP server. The first time Mnesia is started, the schema and the tables must be created before - <c>Mnesia</c> is started. A simple example of a module with two - functions that creates and start <c>Mnesia</c> is provided + Mnesia is started. A simple example of a module with two + functions that creates and start Mnesia is provided here. Function <c>first_start/0</c> is to be used the first time. It creates the schema and the tables. <c>start/0</c> is to be used in consecutive startups. - <c>start/0</c> starts <c>Mnesia</c> and waits for the tables to + <c>start/0</c> starts Mnesia and waits for the tables to be initiated. This function must only be used when the schema and the tables are already created.</p> @@ -616,25 +616,25 @@ start() -> mnesia:start(), mnesia:wait_for_tables([httpd_user, httpd_group], 60000). </code> - <p>To create the <c>Mnesia</c> tables, we use two records defined in + <p>To create the Mnesia tables, we use two records defined in <c>mod_auth.hrl</c>, so that file must be included. <c>first_start/0</c> creates a schema that specifies on which nodes the database is to reside. - Then it starts <c>Mnesia</c> and creates the tables. The first argument + Then it starts Mnesia and creates the tables. The first argument is the name of the tables, the second argument is a list of options of how to create the table, see - <seealso marker="mnesia:mnesia"><c>mnesia</c></seealso>, documentation for + <seealso marker="mnesia:mnesia"><c>mnesia(3)</c></seealso>, documentation for more information. As the implementation of the <c>mod_auth_mnesia</c> saves one row for each user, the type must be <c>bag</c>. When the schema and the tables are created, function <seealso marker="mnesia:mnesia#start-0">mnesia:start/0</seealso> - is used to start <c>Mnesia</c> and - waits for the tables to be loaded. <c>Mnesia</c> uses the + is used to start Mnesia and + waits for the tables to be loaded. Mnesia uses the directory specified as <c>mnesia_dir</c> at startup if specified, - otherwise <c>Mnesia</c> uses the current directory. For security - reasons, ensure that the <c>Mnesia</c> tables are stored outside + otherwise Mnesia uses the current directory. For security + reasons, ensure that the Mnesia tables are stored outside the document tree of the HTTP server. If they are placed in the directory which it protects, clients can download the tables. - Only the <c>Dets</c> and <c>Mnesia</c> storage + Only the Dets and Mnesia storage methods allow writing of dynamic user data to disk. <c>plain</c> is a read only method.</p> </section> @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ start() -> <section> <title>mod_disk_log - Logging Using Disk_Log.</title> <p>Standard logging using the "Common Logfile Format" and - <seealso marker="kernel:disk_log">kernel:disk_log(3)</seealso>.</p> + <seealso marker="kernel:disk_log">disk_log(3)</seealso>.</p> <p>Uses the following Erlang Web Server API interaction data: </p> <list type="bulleted"> |