NAME

       htpasswd — Create and update user authentication files

SYNOPSIS

       htpasswd [-cm] FILE USERNAME

DESCRIPTION

       htpasswd  is  used  to  create  and  update the flat-files used to store usernames and password for basic
       authentication of HTTP users.  Resources available from the Merecat web server can be restricted to  just
       the  users listed in the files created by htpasswd.  This program can only be used when the usernames are
       stored in a flat-file.

       This manual page only lists the command line arguments for  htpasswd.   For  details  of  the  directives
       necessary  to  enable user authentication in the web server, see merecat(8), the Merecat httpd README, or
       the GitHub project home page ⟨https://github.com/troglobit/merecat⟩.

OPTIONS

       -c      Create, or recreate the .htpwassd file, FILE, if it already exists.

       -m      Use MD5 encryption for passwords, this is tested at  runtime.   So  this  option  is  simply  for
               compatibility with other similar tools.

       FILE    Name  of the file to contain the user name and password, usually .htpasswd.  If -c is given, this
               file is created if it does not already exist, or deleted and recreated if it does exist.

       USERNAME
               The username to create or update in passwdfile, FILE.  If username does not exist is  this  file,
               an entry is added.  If it does exist, the password is changed.

SEE ALSO

       merecat(8)

AUTHORS

       Rob  McCool  <robm@stanford.edu>  originally wrote htpasswd for NCSA httpd.  It then (naturally) made its
       way to Apache and other web servers, like Roxen Challenger.
       Jef Poskanzer <jef@mail.acme.com> modified it 29aug97 to accept new password on stdin, if stdin is a pipe
       or file.  This is necessary for use from CGI.

merecat (2.32)                                     Aug 3, 2019                                       htpasswd(1)