Name, filename, password, or final computed record), and 6 Operation was interrupted, 5 if a value is too long (user. Tively and the verification entry didn't match, 4 if its The command line, 3 if the password was entered interac. Lem accessing files, 2 if there was a syntax problem with htpasswd returns 1 if it encounters some prob. Password have been successfully added or updated in the The plaintext password to be encrypted and stored inĮXIT STATUS htpasswd returns a zero status ('true') if the username and If it does exist, the password is changed. Username does not exist in this file, an entry isĪdded. The username to create or update in passwdfile. If -c is given, this file is created if it does notĪlready exist, or rewritten and truncated if it does Name of the file to contain the user name and password. Though htpasswd will supportĬreation on all platforms, the httpd deamon will onlyĪccept plain text passwords on Windows and TPF. Faciliates migrationįrom/to Netscape servers using the LDAP Directory Ported by the httpd server on Windows and TPF. Ported by htpasswd on all platforms, it is not sup. The default onĪll platforms but Windows and TPF. Passwords encrypted with this algorithm are transport-Īble to any platform (Windows, Unix, BeOS, et cetera) m Use Apache's modified MD5 algorithm for passwords. Of the command line, since the passwdfile argument Word records acceptable to Apache for inclusion in

n Display the results on standard output rather than This option should be used with extreme care, since the password is clearly visible on the command line. Of the Apache distribution or can be found at Forĭetails of the directives necessary to configure userĪuthentication in httpd see the Apache manual, which is part This manual page only lists the command line arguments. Others in the same file may have passwords encrypted with

Some user records may have MD5-encrypted passwords while Managed by htpasswd may contain both types of passwords Modified for Apache, or the system's crypt() routine. Htpasswd encrypts passwords using either a version of MD5 Password information for use in other types of data stores, This program can only manage usernames and pass. Restricted to just the users listed in the files created by Resources available from the httpd Apache web server can be Read the file in order to update it, it returns an error If htpasswd cannot access a file, such as notīeing able to write to the output file or not being able to Store usernames and password for basic authentication of SYNOPSIS htpasswd passwdfile username htpasswd - b passwdfile username password htpasswd - n username htpasswd - nb username password DESCRIPTION htpasswd is used to create and update the flat-files used to Htpasswd - Create and update user authentication files

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