| .TH htdigest 1 "March 1998" |
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| .SH NAME |
| htdigest \- Create and update user authentication files |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B htdigest |
| [ |
| .B \-c |
| ] |
| .I passwdfile |
| .I realm |
| .I username |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B 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 |
| .B httpd |
| Apache web server can be restricted to just the users listed |
| in the files created by |
| .B htdigest. |
| .PP |
| This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details of |
| the directives necessary to configure digest authentication in |
| .B httpd |
| see |
| the Apache manual, which is part of the Apache distribution or can be |
| found at http://www.apache.org/. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .IP \-c |
| Create the \fIpasswdfile\fP. If \fIpasswdfile\fP already exists, it |
| is deleted first. |
| .IP \fB\fIpasswdfile\fP |
| 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. |
| .IP \fB\fIrealm\fP |
| The realm name to which the user name belongs to. |
| .IP \fB\fIusername\fP |
| The user name to create or update in \fBpasswdfile\fP. If |
| \fIusername\fP does not exist is this file, an entry is added. If it |
| does exist, the password is changed. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR httpd(8) |
| . |
