(.www_acl)
contains access information for the files
in that directory. It is of the following format:
template: method,method,...: group,user,group,...
template
*
like any template in WWW server rule file. If there are entries with
references to files in other directories they are completely
ignored.
method,method,...
group,user,group,...
template
. Group list can also have IP number templates,
and in fact the group definition syntax is
exactly as in the group file.
* : get,put : ari,tim,robert * : get : group1,group2Should
put
imply get
?
If an entry for a file is missing, the file is considered to be completely protected from everybody, and it is never served to anybody.
If Access Control List File exists it is always consulted,
even when there is no
protect
rule saying so. In other
words, an existing ACL file turns protection on (and then there must
be a matched defprot
rule).
If there is a
protect
rule protecting a directory, but
there is no corresponding ACL and there is no
Mask-Group
definition in the protection setup file, the
situation is handled as if ACL was empty (i.e. contains no entries for
any files), so access will be forbidden.
AL 12 December 1993