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diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml index 0fc3cb1ce7..62b92b8356 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml @@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ <file>httpd.sgml</file> </header> <module>httpd</module> - <modulesummary>An implementation of an HTTP - 1.1 compliant web server, as defined in <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url> + <modulesummary> + HTTP server API </modulesummary> <description> - <p>This module provides the HTTP server start options, some administrative - functions, and specifies the Erlang web server callback - API.</p> + <p>An implementation of an HTTP 1.1 compliant web server, as defined in + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>. + Provides web server start options, administrative functions, and + an Erlang callback API.</p> </description> <section> @@ -78,8 +79,7 @@ list.</p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_proplist_file"></marker> - <tag>{proplist_file, path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_proplist_file"></marker>{proplist_file, path()}</tag> <item> <p>If this property is defined, <c>Inets</c> expects to find all other properties defined in this file. The @@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ properties.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_file"></marker> - <tag>{file, path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_file"></marker>{file, path()}</tag> <item> <p>If this property is defined, <c>Inets</c> expects to find all other properties defined in this file, which uses Apache-like @@ -121,8 +120,7 @@ <marker id="props_mand"></marker> <p><em>Mandatory Properties</em></p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_port"></marker> - <tag>{port, integer()} </tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_port"></marker>{port, integer()} </tag> <item> <p>The port that the HTTP server listen to. If zero is specified as port, an arbitrary available port @@ -130,22 +128,19 @@ determine which port was picked.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_server_name"></marker> - <tag>{server_name, string()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_server_name"></marker>{server_name, string()}</tag> <item> <p>The name of your server, normally a fully qualified domain name.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_server_root"></marker> - <tag>{server_root, path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_server_root"></marker>{server_root, path()}</tag> <item> <p>Defines the home directory of the server, where log files, and so on, can be stored. Relative paths specified in other properties refer to this directory.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_doc_root"></marker> - <tag>{document_root, path()}</tag> + <tag> <marker id="prop_doc_root"></marker>{document_root, path()}</tag> <item> <p>Defines the top directory for the documents that are available on the HTTP server.</p> @@ -155,15 +150,13 @@ <marker id="props_comm"></marker> <p><em>Communication Properties</em></p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_bind_address"></marker> - <tag>{bind_address, ip_address() | hostname() | any}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_bind_address"></marker>{bind_address, ip_address() | hostname() | any}</tag> <item> <p>Default is <c>any</c>. <c>any</c> is denoted <em>*</em> in the Apache-like configuration file.</p> </item> - <marker id="profile"></marker> - <tag>{profile, atom()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="profile"></marker>{profile, atom()}</tag> <item> <p>Used together with <seealso marker="#prop_bind_address"><c>bind_address</c></seealso> and <seealso marker="#prop_port"><c>port</c></seealso> to uniquely identify @@ -176,8 +169,7 @@ </p> </item> - <marker id="prop_socket_type"></marker> - <tag>{socket_type, ip_comm | {ip_comm, Config::proplist()} | {essl, Config::proplist()}}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_socket_type"></marker>{socket_type, ip_comm | {ip_comm, Config::proplist()} | {essl, Config::proplist()}}</tag> <item> <p>For <c>ip_comm</c> configuration options, see <seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp#listen-2">gen_tcp:listen/2</seealso>, some options @@ -187,15 +179,13 @@ <p>Default is <c>ip_comm</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_ipfamily"></marker> - <tag>{ipfamily, inet | inet6}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_ipfamily"></marker>{ipfamily, inet | inet6}</tag> <item> <p>Default is <c>inet</c>, legacy option <c>inet6fb4</c> no longer makes sense and will be translated to inet.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_minimum_bytes_per_second"></marker> - <tag>{minimum_bytes_per_second, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_minimum_bytes_per_second"></marker>{minimum_bytes_per_second, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>If given, sets a minimum of bytes per second value for connections.</p> <p>If the value is unreached, the socket closes for that connection.</p> @@ -206,8 +196,7 @@ <marker id="props_api_modules"></marker> <p><em>Erlang Web Server API Modules</em> </p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_modules"></marker> - <tag>{modules, [atom()]} </tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_modules"></marker>{modules, [atom()]} </tag> <item> <p>Defines which modules the HTTP server uses when handling requests. Default is <c>[mod_alias, mod_auth, mod_esi, @@ -224,60 +213,52 @@ <p><em>Limit properties</em> </p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_customize"></marker> - <tag>{customize, atom()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_customize"></marker>{customize, atom()}</tag> <item> <p>A callback module to customize the inets HTTP servers behaviour see <seealso marker="httpd_custom_api"> httpd_custom_api</seealso> </p> </item> - <marker id="prop_disable_chunked_encoding"></marker> - <tag>{disable_chunked_transfer_encoding_send, boolean()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_disable_chunked_encoding"></marker>{disable_chunked_transfer_encoding_send, boolean()}</tag> <item> <p>Allows you to disable chunked transfer-encoding when sending a response to an HTTP/1.1 client. Default is <c>false</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_keep_alive"></marker> - <tag>{keep_alive, boolean()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_keep_alive"></marker>{keep_alive, boolean()}</tag> <item> <p>Instructs the server whether to use persistent connections when the client claims to be HTTP/1.1 compliant. Default is <c>true</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_keep_alive_timeout"></marker> - <tag>{keep_alive_timeout, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_keep_alive_timeout"></marker>{keep_alive_timeout, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>The number of seconds the server waits for a subsequent request from the client before closing the connection. Default is <c>150</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_max_body_size"></marker> - <tag>{max_body_size, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_max_body_size"></marker>{max_body_size, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>Limits the size of the message body of an HTTP request. Default is no limit.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_max_clients"></marker> - <tag>{max_clients, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_max_clients"></marker>{max_clients, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>Limits the number of simultaneous requests that can be supported. Default is <c>150</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_max_header_size"></marker> - <tag>{max_header_size, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_max_header_size"></marker>{max_header_size, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>Limits the size of the message header of an HTTP request. Default is <c>10240</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_max_content_length"></marker> - <tag>{max_content_length, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_max_content_length"></marker>{max_content_length, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>Maximum content-length in an incoming request, in bytes. Requests with content larger than this are answered with status 413. @@ -285,15 +266,13 @@ </p> </item> - <marker id="prop_max_uri"></marker> - <tag>{max_uri_size, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_max_uri"></marker>{max_uri_size, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>Limits the size of the HTTP request URI. Default is no limit.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_max_keep_alive_req"></marker> - <tag>{max_keep_alive_request, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_max_keep_alive_req"></marker>{max_keep_alive_request, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>The number of requests that a client can do on one connection. When the server has responded to the number of @@ -306,8 +285,7 @@ <marker id="props_admin"></marker> <p><em>Administrative Properties</em></p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_mime_types"></marker> - <tag>{mime_types, [{MimeType, Extension}] | path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_mime_types"></marker>{mime_types, [{MimeType, Extension}] | path()}</tag> <item> <p><c>MimeType = string()</c> and <c>Extension = string()</c>. Files delivered to the client are MIME typed according to RFC @@ -323,24 +301,21 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <p>Default is [{"html","text/html"},{"htm","text/html"}].</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_mime_type"></marker> - <tag>{mime_type, string()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_mime_type"></marker>{mime_type, string()}</tag> <item> <p>When the server is asked to provide a document type that cannot be determined by the MIME Type Settings, the server uses this default type.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_server_admin"></marker> - <tag>{server_admin, string()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_server_admin"></marker>{server_admin, string()}</tag> <item> <p>Defines the email-address of the server administrator to be included in any error messages returned by the server.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_server_tokens"></marker> - <tag>{server_tokens, none|prod|major|minor|minimal|os|full|{private, string()}}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_server_tokens"></marker>{server_tokens, none|prod|major|minor|minimal|os|full|{private, string()}}</tag> <item> <p>Defines the look of the value of the server header.</p> <p>Example: Assuming the version of <c>Inets</c> is 5.8.1, @@ -367,8 +342,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <p>By default, the value is as before, that is, <c>minimal</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_log_format"></marker> - <tag>{log_format, common | combined}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_log_format"></marker>{log_format, common | combined}</tag> <item> <p>Defines if access logs are to be written according to the <c>common</c> log format or the extended common log format. @@ -411,8 +385,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> </p> </item> - <marker id="prop_elog_format"></marker> - <tag>{error_log_format, pretty | compact}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_elog_format"></marker>{error_log_format, pretty | compact}</tag> <item> <p>Default is <c>pretty</c>. If the error log is meant to be read directly by a human, <c>pretty</c> is the best option.</p> @@ -434,60 +407,57 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <marker id="props_alias"></marker> <p><em>URL Aliasing Properties - Requires mod_alias</em></p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_alias"></marker> - <tag>{alias, {Alias, RealName}}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_alias"></marker>{alias, {Alias, RealName}}</tag> <item> <p><c>Alias = string()</c> and <c>RealName = string()</c>. <c>alias</c> allows documents to be stored in the local file system instead of the <c>document_root</c> location. URLs with a path beginning with url-path is mapped to local files beginning with - directory-filename, for example: + directory-filename, for example:</p> <code>{alias, {"/image", "/ftp/pub/image"}}</code> - Access to http://your.server.org/image/foo.gif would refer to + <p>Access to http://your.server.org/image/foo.gif would refer to the file /ftp/pub/image/foo.gif.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_re_write"></marker> - <tag>{re_write, {Re, Replacement}}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_re_write"></marker>{re_write, {Re, Replacement}}</tag> <item> <p><c>Re = string()</c> and <c>Replacement = string()</c>. <c>re_write</c> allows documents to be stored in the local file system instead of the <c>document_root</c> location. URLs are rewritten by <c>re:replace/3</c> to produce a path in the local file-system, - for example: + for example:</p> <code>{re_write, {"^/[~]([^/]+)(.*)$", "/home/\\1/public\\2"}}</code> - Access to http://your.server.org/~bob/foo.gif would refer to + <p>Access to http://your.server.org/~bob/foo.gif would refer to the file /home/bob/public/foo.gif. In an Apache-like configuration file, <c>Re</c> is separated from <c>Replacement</c> with one single space, and as expected backslashes do not need to be backslash escaped, the - same example would become: + same example would become:</p> <code>ReWrite ^/[~]([^/]+)(.*)$ /home/\1/public\2</code> - Beware of trailing space in <c>Replacement</c> to be used. + <p>Beware of trailing space in <c>Replacement</c> to be used. If you must have a space in <c>Re</c>, use, for example, the character encoding <c>\040</c>, see <seealso marker="stdlib:re">re(3)</seealso>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_dir_idx"></marker> - <tag>{directory_index, [string()]}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_dir_idx"></marker>{directory_index, [string()]}</tag> <item> <p><c>directory_index</c> specifies a list of resources to look for if a client requests a directory using a <c>/</c> at the end of the directory name. <c>file</c> depicts the name of a file in the directory. Several files can be given, in which case the server - returns the first it finds, for example: + returns the first it finds, for example:</p> <code>{directory_index, ["index.hml", "welcome.html"]}</code> - Access to http://your.server.org/docs/ would return + <p>Access to http://your.server.org/docs/ would return http://your.server.org/docs/index.html or http://your.server.org/docs/welcome.html if index.html does not exist.</p> @@ -497,38 +467,35 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <marker id="props_cgi"></marker> <p><em>CGI Properties - Requires mod_cgi</em></p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_script_alias"></marker> - <tag>{script_alias, {Alias, RealName}}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_script_alias"></marker>{script_alias, {Alias, RealName}}</tag> <item> <p><c>Alias = string()</c> and <c>RealName = string()</c>. Have the same behavior as property <c>alias</c>, except that they also mark the target directory as containing CGI scripts. URLs with a path beginning with url-path are mapped to - scripts beginning with directory-filename, for example: + scripts beginning with directory-filename, for example:</p> <code>{script_alias, {"/cgi-bin/", "/web/cgi-bin/"}}</code> - Access to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/foo would cause + <p>Access to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/foo would cause the server to run the script /web/cgi-bin/foo.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_script_re_write"></marker> - <tag>{script_re_write, {Re, Replacement}}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_script_re_write"></marker>{script_re_write, {Re, Replacement}}</tag> <item> <p><c>Re = string()</c> and <c>Replacement = string()</c>. Have the same behavior as property <c>re_write</c>, except that they also mark the target directory as containing CGI scripts. URLs with a path beginning with url-path are mapped to - scripts beginning with directory-filename, for example: + scripts beginning with directory-filename, for example:</p> <code>{script_re_write, {"^/cgi-bin/(\\d+)/", "/web/\\1/cgi-bin/"}}</code> - Access to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/17/foo would cause + <p>Access to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/17/foo would cause the server to run the script /web/17/cgi-bin/foo.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_script_nocache"></marker> - <tag>{script_nocache, boolean()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_script_nocache"></marker>{script_nocache, boolean()}</tag> <item> <p>If <c>script_nocache</c> is set to <c>true</c>, the HTTP server by default adds the header fields necessary to prevent proxies from @@ -536,8 +503,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> Default to <c>false</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_script_timeout"></marker> - <tag>{script_timeout, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_script_timeout"></marker>{script_timeout, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>The time in seconds the web server waits between each chunk of data from the script. If the CGI script does not deliver @@ -545,8 +511,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> closed. Default is <c>15</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_action"></marker> - <tag>{action, {MimeType, CgiScript}} - requires mod_action</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_action"></marker>{action, {MimeType, CgiScript}} - requires mod_action</tag> <item> <p><c>MimeType = string()</c> and <c>CgiScript = string()</c>. <c>action</c> adds an action activating a CGI script @@ -559,8 +524,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <code>{action, {"text/plain", "/cgi-bin/log_and_deliver_text"}}</code> </item> - <marker id="prop_script"></marker> - <tag>{script, {Method, CgiScript}} - requires mod_action</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_script"></marker>{script, {Method, CgiScript}} - requires mod_action</tag> <item> <p><c>Method = string()</c> and <c>CgiScript = string()</c>. <c>script</c> adds an action activating a CGI script @@ -579,17 +543,16 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <marker id="props_esi"></marker> <p><em>ESI Properties - Requires mod_esi</em></p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_esi_alias"></marker> - <tag>{erl_script_alias, {URLPath, [AllowedModule]}}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_esi_alias"></marker>{erl_script_alias, {URLPath, [AllowedModule]}}</tag> <item> <p><c>URLPath = string()</c> and <c>AllowedModule = atom()</c>. <c>erl_script_alias</c> marks all URLs matching url-path as erl scheme scripts. A matching URL is mapped into a specific module - and function, for example: + and function, for example:</p> <code>{erl_script_alias, {"/cgi-bin/example", [httpd_example]}}</code> - A request to + <p>A request to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/example/httpd_example:yahoo would refer to httpd_example:yahoo/3 or, if that does not exist, httpd_example:yahoo/2 and @@ -597,8 +560,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> not be allowed to execute.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_esi_nocache"></marker> - <tag>{erl_script_nocache, boolean()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_esi_nocache"></marker>{erl_script_nocache, boolean()}</tag> <item> <p>If <c>erl_script_nocache</c> is set to <c>true</c>, the server adds HTTP header fields preventing proxies from caching the @@ -607,8 +569,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> Default is <c>false</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_esi_timeout"></marker> - <tag>{erl_script_timeout, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_esi_timeout"></marker>{erl_script_timeout, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>If <c>erl_script_timeout</c> sets the time in seconds the server waits between each chunk of data to be delivered through @@ -616,8 +577,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> for scripts that use the erl scheme.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_esi_timeout"></marker> - <tag>{eval_script_alias, {URLPath, [AllowedModule]}}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_esi_timeout"></marker>{eval_script_alias, {URLPath, [AllowedModule]}}</tag> <item> <p><c>URLPath = string()</c> and <c>AllowedModule = atom()</c>. Same as <c>erl_script_alias</c> but for scripts @@ -629,24 +589,21 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <marker id="props_log"></marker> <p><em>Log Properties - Requires mod_log</em></p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_elog"></marker> - <tag>{error_log, path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_elog"></marker>{error_log, path()}</tag> <item> <p>Defines the filename of the error log file to be used to log server errors. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), it is assumed to be relative to the <c>server_root</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_slog"></marker> - <tag>{security_log, path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_slog"></marker>{security_log, path()}</tag> <item> <p>Defines the filename of the access log file to be used to log security events. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), it is assumed to be relative to the <c>server_root</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_tlog"></marker> - <tag>{transfer_log, path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_tlog"></marker>{transfer_log, path()}</tag> <item> <p>Defines the filename of the access log file to be used to log incoming requests. If the filename does not begin with a @@ -657,8 +614,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <marker id="props_dlog"></marker> <p><em>Disk Log Properties - Requires mod_disk_log</em></p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_dlog_format"></marker> - <tag>{disk_log_format, internal | external}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_dlog_format"></marker>{disk_log_format, internal | external}</tag> <item> <p>Defines the file format of the log files. See <c>disk_log</c> for details. If the internal file format is used, the @@ -668,16 +624,14 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <c>external</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_edlog"></marker> - <tag>{error_disk_log, path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_edlog"></marker>{error_disk_log, path()}</tag> <item> <p>Defines the filename of the (<c>disk_log(3)</c>) error log file to be used to log server errors. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), it is assumed to be relative to the <c>server_root</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_edlog_size"></marker> - <tag>{error_disk_log_size, {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_edlog_size"></marker>{error_disk_log_size, {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}}</tag> <item> <p><c>MaxBytes = integer()</c> and <c>MaxFiles = integer()</c>. Defines the properties of the (<c>disk_log(3)</c>) error log @@ -686,8 +640,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> used before the first file is truncated and reused.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_sdlog"></marker> - <tag>{security_disk_log, path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_sdlog"></marker>{security_disk_log, path()}</tag> <item> <p>Defines the filename of the (<c>disk_log(3)</c>) access log file logging incoming security events, that is, authenticated @@ -695,8 +648,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> is assumed to be relative to the <c>server_root</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_sdlog_size"></marker> - <tag>{security_disk_log_size, {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_sdlog_size"></marker>{security_disk_log_size, {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}}</tag> <item> <p><c>MaxBytes = integer()</c> and <c>MaxFiles = integer()</c>. Defines the properties of the <c>disk_log(3)</c> access log @@ -705,8 +657,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> used before the first file is truncated and reused.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_tdlog"></marker> - <tag>{transfer_disk_log, path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_tdlog"></marker>{transfer_disk_log, path()}</tag> <item> <p>Defines the filename of the (<c>disk_log(3)</c>) access log file logging incoming requests. If the filename does not begin @@ -714,8 +665,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <c>server_root</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_tdlog_size"></marker> - <tag>{transfer_disk_log_size, {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_tdlog_size"></marker>{transfer_disk_log_size, {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}}</tag> <item> <p><c>MaxBytes = integer()</c> and <c>MaxFiles = integer()</c>. Defines the properties of the <c>disk_log(3)</c> access log @@ -735,32 +685,29 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <p>The properties for directories are as follows:</p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_allow_from"></marker> - <tag>{allow_from, all | [RegxpHostString]}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_allow_from"></marker>{allow_from, all | [RegxpHostString]}</tag> <item> <p>Defines a set of hosts to be granted access to a - given directory, for example: + given directory, for example:</p> <code>{allow_from, ["123.34.56.11", "150.100.23"]}</code> - The host <c>123.34.56.11</c> and all machines on the <c>150.100.23</c> + <p>The host <c>123.34.56.11</c> and all machines on the <c>150.100.23</c> subnet are allowed access.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_deny_from"></marker> - <tag>{deny_from, all | [RegxpHostString]}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_deny_from"></marker>{deny_from, all | [RegxpHostString]}</tag> <item> <p>Defines a set of hosts - to be denied access to a given directory, for example: + to be denied access to a given directory, for example:</p> <code>{deny_from, ["123.34.56.11", "150.100.23"]}</code> - The host <c>123.34.56.11</c> and all machines on the <c>150.100.23</c> + <p>The host <c>123.34.56.11</c> and all machines on the <c>150.100.23</c> subnet are not allowed access.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_auth_type"></marker> - <tag>{auth_type, plain | dets | mnesia}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_auth_type"></marker>{auth_type, plain | dets | mnesia}</tag> <item> <p>Sets the type of authentication database that is used for the directory. The key difference between the different methods is @@ -770,8 +717,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> configuration files.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_auth_user_file"></marker> - <tag>{auth_user_file, path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_auth_user_file"></marker>{auth_user_file, path()}</tag> <item> <p>Sets the name of a file containing the list of users and passwords for user authentication. The filename can be either @@ -795,8 +741,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> clients can download it.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_auth_group_file"></marker> - <tag>{auth_group_file, path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_auth_group_file"></marker>{auth_group_file, path()}</tag> <item> <p>Sets the name of a file containing the list of user groups for user authentication. The filename can be either @@ -818,16 +763,14 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> can download it.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_auth_name"></marker> - <tag>{auth_name, string()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_auth_name"></marker>{auth_name, string()}</tag> <item> <p>Sets the name of the authorization realm (auth-domain) for a directory. This string informs the client about which username and password to use.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_auth_access_passwd"></marker> - <tag>{auth_access_password, string()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_auth_access_passwd"></marker>{auth_access_password, string()}</tag> <item> <p>If set to other than "NoPassword", the password is required for all API calls. If the password is set to "DummyPassword", the @@ -837,15 +780,13 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> text in the configuration file.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_req_user"></marker> - <tag>{require_user, [string()]}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_req_user"></marker>{require_user, [string()]}</tag> <item> <p>Defines users to grant access to a given directory using a secret password.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_req_grp"></marker> - <tag>{require_group, [string()]}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_req_grp"></marker>{require_group, [string()]}</tag> <item> <p>Defines users to grant access to a given directory using a secret password.</p> @@ -856,8 +797,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <marker id="props_htaccess"></marker> <p><em>Htaccess Authentication Properties - Requires mod_htaccess</em></p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_access_files"></marker> - <tag>{access_files, [path()]}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_access_files"></marker>{access_files, [path()]}</tag> <item> <p>Specifies the filenames that are used for access files. When a request comes, every directory in the path @@ -877,16 +817,14 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> <marker id="props_sdir"></marker> <p>The properties for the security directories are as follows:</p> <taglist> - <marker id="prop_data_file"></marker> - <tag>{data_file, path()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_data_file"></marker>{data_file, path()}</tag> <item> <p>Name of the security data file. The filename can either be absolute or relative to the <c>server_root</c>. This file is used to store persistent data for module <c>mod_security</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_max_retries"></marker> - <tag>{max_retries, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_max_retries"></marker>{max_retries, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>Specifies the maximum number of attempts to authenticate a user before the user is blocked out. If a user @@ -898,16 +836,14 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> Default is <c>3</c>. Can be set to infinity.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_block_time"></marker> - <tag>{block_time, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_block_time"></marker>{block_time, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>Specifies the number of minutes a user is blocked. After this timehas passed, the user automatically regains access. Default is <c>60</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_fail_exp_time"></marker> - <tag>{fail_expire_time, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_fail_exp_time"></marker>{fail_expire_time, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>Specifies the number of minutes a failed user authentication is remembered. If a user authenticates after this @@ -916,8 +852,7 @@ text/plain asc txt</pre> Default is <c>30</c>.</p> </item> - <marker id="prop_auth_timeout"></marker> - <tag>{auth_timeout, integer()}</tag> + <tag><marker id="prop_auth_timeout"></marker>{auth_timeout, integer()}</tag> <item> Specifies the number of seconds a successful user authentication is remembered. After this time has passed, the |