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2 !!!htdigest
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 SEE ALSO
8 ----
9 !!NAME
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12 htdigest - Create and update user authentication files
13 !!SYNOPSIS
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16 __htdigest__ [[ __-c__ ] ''passwdfile realm
17 username''
18 !!DESCRIPTION
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21 __htdigest__ is used to create and update the flat-files
22 used to store usernames, realm and password for digest
23 authentication of HTTP users. Resources available from the
24 __apache__ Apache web server can be restricted to just
25 the users listed in the files created by
26 __htdigest.__
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29 This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For
30 details of the directives necessary to configure digest
31 authentication in __apache__ see the Apache manual, which
32 is part of the Apache distribution or can be found at
33 http://httpd.apache.org/.
34 !!OPTIONS
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37 -c
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40 Create the ''passwdfile''. If ''passwdfile'' already
41 exists, it is deleted first.
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44 ''passwdfile''
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47 Name of the file to contain the username, realm and
48 password. If -c is specified, this file is created if it
49 does not already exist, or deleted and recreated if it does
50 exist.
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53 ''realm''
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56 The realm name to which the user name belongs.
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59 ''username''
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62 The user name to create or update in __passwdfile__. If
63 ''username'' does not exist is this file, an entry is
64 added. If it does exist, the password is
65 changed.
66 !!SEE ALSO
67
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69 __apache(8)__
70 ----
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