From cf6470e83fb5d1121a3b4743c6ec71d9c7a58b97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 22:03:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Attempt to close pr 4808 Can you mention htpassword in the
 mod_auth documentation. PR: 4808 Obtained from: Submitted by: Reviewed by:

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@83572 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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 docs/manual/mod/mod_auth.html | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth.html b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth.html
index e81babc5e1..a3f85d54be 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth.html
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_auth.html
@@ -103,6 +103,19 @@ slash), it is treated as relative to the ServerRoot.
 <P> Each line of the user file file contains a username followed
 by a colon, followed by the crypt() encrypted password. The behavior
 of multiple occurrences of the same user is undefined.
+<P>
+The utility <code>htpasswd</code> which is installed as part of the
+binary distribution, or which can be found in <code>src/support</code>,
+is used to maintain this password file. See the <code>man</code>
+page for more details. In short
+<p>
+<blockquote>
+	<code>htpasswd -c Filename username</code><br>
+	Create a password file 'Filename' with 'username'
+	as the initial ID. It will prompt for the password.
+	<code>htpasswd Filename username2</code><br>
+	Adds or modifies in password file 'Filename' the 'username'.
+</blockquote>
 <P> Note that
 searching large text files is <EM>very</EM> inefficient;
 <A HREF="mod_auth_dbm.html#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</A> should be
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