Why doesn't := "Always match?"

Phil Mayers p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk
Mon Jul 24 12:25:37 CEST 2006


> I'll try to give an example.  Suppose you had two entries, using '==' 
> for the same user:
> 
> plong   Auth-Type = Local, User-Password == "126"
> 
> plong   Auth-Type = Local, User-Password == "123"
> 
> Then, if 'plong' supplies the password "123", the 'files' module (which 
> processes the 'users' file) will select the second entry, then the 
> authentication module will compare the passwords in the request and 
> config items, and the user will be accepted.

Hmm. So it does. I didn't think the server behaved that way. It does not 
seem terribly consistent.



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