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HTDIGEST(1)                                       htdigest                                       HTDIGEST(1)



NAME
       htdigest - manage user files for digest authentication


SYNOPSIS
       htdigest [ -c ] passwdfile realm username



SUMMARY
       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  Apache  HTTP  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 given, 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.


SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
       This program is not safe as a setuid executable. Do not make it setuid.




Apache HTTP Server                               2007-04-24                                      HTDIGEST(1)