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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
	    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)

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