Manual: htdigest

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 authenti‐
       cation  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 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 exist.

       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)