htdigest(1) - man - phpman

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 pass‐
       word 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 neces‐
       sary 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/.



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  ex‐
              ist.

       realm  The     realm     name     to     which     the     user     name     belongs.     See
              http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617#section-3.2.1 for more details.

       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                           2018-07-06                                  HTDIGEST(1)