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htdigest(1)                                                                                      htdigest(1)



NAME
       htdigest - Create and update user authentication files

SYNOPSIS
       htdigest [ -c ] passwdfile realm username

DESCRIPTION
       htdigest  is used to create and update the flat-files used to store usernames, realm and password for
       digest 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 htdigest.

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

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

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

       realm  The realm name to which the user name belongs.

       username
              The user name 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)



                                                February 2004                                    htdigest(1)