Am Sonntag, 21. Juli 2013, 18:46:49 schrieb Thijs Kinkhorst: > So, let's discuss this. Why would we allow to use directives from > the authn_file module without <IfModule>s, but not those from > authn_core, which provides facilities that authn_file needs? Or put > differently, how does one use authn_file without specifying > AuthType?
AFAICS, the authn_* modules can be used by any of auth_basic, auth_session, auth_digest modules. But these three modules are not useful without authn_core, because there is no way to switch them on without AuthType. So I would suggest to add authn_core as dependency of auth_basic, auth_session, auth_digest. This would implicitly add authn_core to the list of modules that may be used without <IfModule> guard.
