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.TH "HTDIGEST" 1 "2018-07-06" "Apache HTTP Server" "htdigest"

.SH NAME

htdigest \- manage user files for digest authentication

.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.PP

\fB\fBhtdigest\fR [ -\fBc\fR ] \fIpasswdfile\fR \fIrealm\fR \fIusername\fR\fR

.SH "SUMMARY"

.PP

\fBhtdigest\fR is used to create and update the flat-files used to store usernames, realm and password for digest authentication of HTTP users\&. Resources available from the Apache HTTP server can be restricted to just the users listed in the files created by \fBhtdigest\fR\&.

.PP

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/\&.

.SH "OPTIONS"

.TP

\fB-c\fR

Create the \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIpasswdfile\fR already exists, it is deleted first\&.  

.TP

\fB\fIpasswdfile\fR\fR

Name of the file to contain the username, realm and password\&. If \fB-c\fR is given, this file is created if it does not already exist, or deleted and recreated if it does exist\&.  

.TP

\fB\fIrealm\fR\fR

The realm name to which the user name belongs\&. See http://tools\&.ietf\&.org/html/rfc2617#section-3\&.2\&.1 for more details\&.  

.TP

\fB\fIusername\fR\fR

The user name to create or update in \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIusername\fR does not exist is this file, an entry is added\&. If it does exist, the password is changed\&.  

.SH "SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS"

.PP

This program is not safe as a setuid executable\&. Do \fInot\fR make it setuid\&.