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26 <title>htdigest - manage user files for digest authentication</title>
29 <p><code>htdigest</code> is used to create and update the flat-files used
30 to store usernames, realm and password for digest authentication of HTTP
31 users. Resources available from the Apache HTTP server can be restricted
32 to just the users listed in the files created by <code>htdigest</code>.</p>
34 <p>This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details of
35 the directives necessary to configure digest authentication in
36 <program>httpd</program> see the Apache manual, which is part
37 of the Apache distribution or can be found at
38 <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">http://httpd.apache.org/</a>.</p>
40 <seealso><program>httpd</program></seealso>
41 <seealso><module>mod_auth_digest</module></seealso>
43 <section id="synopsis"><title>Synopsis</title>
44 <p><code><strong>htdigest</strong> [ -<strong>c</strong> ]
45 <var>passwdfile</var> <var>realm</var> <var>username</var></code></p>
48 <section id="options"><title>Options</title>
50 <dt><code>-c</code></dt>
51 <dd>Create the <var>passwdfile</var>. If <var>passwdfile</var> already
52 exists, it is deleted first.</dd>
54 <dt><code><var>passwdfile</var></code></dt>
55 <dd>Name of the file to contain the username, realm and password. If
56 <code>-c</code> is given, this file is created if it does not already
57 exist, or deleted and recreated if it does exist.</dd>
59 <dt><code><var>realm</var></code></dt>
60 <dd>The realm name to which the user name belongs. See
61 <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617#section-3.2.1">
62 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617#section-3.2.1</a> for more details.
65 <dt><code><var>username</var></code></dt>
66 <dd>The user name to create or update in <var>passwdfile</var>. If
67 <var>username</var> does not exist is this file, an entry is added. If it
68 does exist, the password is changed.</dd>
72 <section id="security"><title>Security Considerations</title>
73 <p>This program is not safe as a setuid executable. Do <em>not</em> make it