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# Apache Module mod_authn_default

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Description: | Authentication fallback module
Status: | Base
Module Identifier: | authn_default_module
Source File: | mod_authn_default.c
Compatibility: | Available in Apache 2.1 and later

### Summary

This module is designed to be the fallback module, if you don't have configured an authentication module like `mod_auth_basic`. It simply rejects any credentials supplied by the user.

### Directives

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## AuthDefaultAuthoritative Directive

Description: | Sets whether authentication is passed to lower level modules
Syntax: | `AuthDefaultAuthoritative On|Off`
Default: | `AuthDefaultAuthoritative On`
Context: | directory, .htaccess
Override: | AuthConfig
Status: | Base
Module: | mod_authn_default

Setting the `AuthDefaultAuthoritative` directive explicitly to `Off` allows for authentication to be passed on to lower level modules (as defined in the `modules.c` files).

### Note

Normally there are no lower level modules, since `mod_authn_default` is defined to be already on a very low level. Therefore you should leave the value of `AuthDefaultAuthoritative` as default (`On`).

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