htpasswd(1)		  User Commands		      htpasswd(1)



NAME
     htpasswd -	Create and update user authentication files

SYNOPSIS
     htpasswd [	-c ] passwdfile	username

DESCRIPTION
     htpasswd is used to create	and update the flat-files used to
     store  usernames  and  password  for basic	authentication of
     HTTP users.  Resources available from the httpd  Apache  web
     server  can  be  restricted  to just the users listed in the
     files created by htpasswd.	This program  can  only	 be  used
     when  the	usernames are stored in	a flat-file. To	use a DBM
     database see dbmmanage and	dbmmanage.new.

     This manual page only lists the command line arguments.  For
     details  of  the  directives  necessary  to  configure  user
     authentication in httpd see the Apache manual, which is part
     of	  the	Apache	 distribution	or   can   be	found  at
     http://www.apache.org/.

OPTIONS
     -c	  Create the passwdfile. If passwdfile already exists, it
	  is deleted first.

     passwdfile
	  Name of the file to contain the user name and	password.
	  If  -c  is  given,  this file	is created if it does not
	  already exist, or deleted  and  recreated  if	 it  does
	  exist.

     username
	  The username to create  or  update  in  passwdfile.  If
	  username  does  not  exist  is  this	file, an entry is
	  added. If it does exist, the password	is changed.

SEE ALSO
     httpd(8)

















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