Edit File: htdigest.1
.\" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX .\" DO NOT EDIT! Generated from XML source. .\" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX .de Sh \" Subsection .br .if t .Sp .ne 5 .PP \fB\\$1\fR .PP .. .de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) .if t .sp .5v .if n .sp .. .de Ip \" List item .br .ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3 .el .ne 3 .IP "\\$1" \\$2 .. .TH "HTDIGEST" 1 "2012-07-19" "Apache HTTP Server" "htdigest" .SH NAME htdigest \- manage user files for digest authentication .SH "SYNOPSIS" .PP \fBhtdigest\fR [ -\fBc\fR ] \fIpasswdfile\fR \fIrealm\fR \fIusername\fR .SH "SUMMARY" .PP 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\&. .PP 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 distribution or can be found at http://httpd\&.apache\&.org/\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .TP -c Create the \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIpasswdfile\fR already exists, it is deleted first\&. .TP \fIpasswdfile\fR 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\&. .TP \fIrealm\fR The realm name to which the user name belongs\&. See http://tools\&.ietf\&.org/html/rfc2617#section-3\&.2\&.1 for more details\&. .TP \fIusername\fR The user name to create or update in \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIusername\fR does not exist is this file, an entry is added\&. If it does exist, the password is changed\&. .SH "SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS" .PP This program is not safe as a setuid executable\&. Do \fInot\fR make it setuid\&.
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