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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 user-
     names, realm and password for digest  authentication  of  HTTP  users.  Re-
     sources 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 2617 for more de-
	    tails.

     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.

FILES
     The digest authentication file path is specified as an argument on the com-
     mand line and may be located anywhere on the filesystem.

     passwdfile
	    The flat-file containing usernames, realms, and password hashes.

Apache HTTP Server		   2026-05-08			     HTDIGEST(1)

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