This page is part of the WebCom Guide to Access Authorization. It describes the format in which batch input files must be created in order to add or delete lists of usernames and passwords.

Batch input files must be in one of two forms. If you are adding a list of users and passwords to your password-protected directory, you will want to create a plain text file which lists the usernames and passwords, one per line, seperated by a colon. For example:

username1:password1
username2:password2
username3:password3

If a userid listed in the batch input file already exists, an error message to this effect will appear at the top of the Access Authorization management screen, after the file is processed. This does not prevent the other userids listed in the batch input file from being added.

If you wish to delete a list of users at once from your password-protected directory, the format is slightly different. You will simply list the usernames, one per line, as in:

username1
username2
username3

If an error comes back saying that the file cannot be found, you have probably not specified the path to the file. For example, if the file containing the names and passwords is in a directory named 'secure' in your www directory, then the filename should be entered in the form as:

www/secure/filename.txt