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| author | Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org> | 2001-09-22 19:39:26 +0000 |
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diff --git a/docs/manual/programs/htpasswd.html b/docs/manual/programs/htpasswd.html index 9088b8495f..ba5558dd26 100644 --- a/docs/manual/programs/htpasswd.html +++ b/docs/manual/programs/htpasswd.html @@ -1,47 +1,55 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> -<html> -<head><title>Manual Page: htpasswd - Apache HTTP Server</title></head> -<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" -vlink="#000080" alink="#ff0000"> -<!--#include virtual="header.html" --> -<h1 align="center">Manual Page: htpasswd</h1> -<!-- This document was autogenerated from the man page --> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> + +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> + <head> + <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org" /> + + <title>Manual Page: htpasswd - Apache HTTP Server</title> + </head> + + <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" + vlink="#000080" alink="#ff0000"> + <!--#include virtual="header.html" --> + + <h1 align="center">Manual Page: htpasswd</h1> + <!-- This document was autogenerated from the man page --> <pre> <strong>NAME</strong> htpasswd - Create and update user authentication files <strong>SYNOPSIS</strong> - <strong>htpasswd </strong>[ -<strong>c </strong>] [ -<strong>m </strong>] <em>passwdfile username</em> - <strong>htpasswd </strong>-<strong>b </strong>[ -<strong>c </strong>] [ -<strong>m </strong>| -<strong>d </strong>| -<strong>p </strong>| -<strong>s </strong>] <em>passwdfile username</em> + <strong>htpasswd</strong> [ -<strong>c</strong> ] [ -<strong>m</strong> ] <em>passwdfile username</em> + <strong>htpasswd</strong> -<strong>b</strong> [ -<strong>c</strong> ] [ -<strong>m</strong> | -<strong>d</strong> | -<strong>p</strong> | -<strong>s</strong> ] <em>passwdfile username</em> <em>password</em> - <strong>htpasswd </strong>-<strong>n </strong>[ -<strong>m </strong>| -<strong>d </strong>| -<strong>s </strong>| -<strong>p </strong>] <em>username</em> - <strong>htpasswd </strong>-<strong>nb </strong>[ -<strong>m </strong>| -<strong>d </strong>| -<strong>s </strong>| -<strong>p </strong>] <em>username password</em> + <strong>htpasswd</strong> -<strong>n</strong> [ -<strong>m</strong> | -<strong>d</strong> | -<strong>s</strong> | -<strong>p</strong> ] <em>username</em> + <strong>htpasswd</strong> -<strong>nb</strong> [ -<strong>m</strong> | -<strong>d</strong> | -<strong>s</strong> | -<strong>p</strong> ] <em>username password</em> <strong>DESCRIPTION</strong> - <strong>htpasswd </strong>is used to create and update the flat-files used to + <strong>htpasswd</strong> is used to create and update the flat-files used to store usernames and password for basic authentication of - HTTP users. If <strong>htpasswd </strong>cannot access a file, such as not + HTTP users. If <strong>htpasswd</strong> cannot access a file, such as not being able to write to the output file or not being able to read the file in order to update it, it returns an error status and makes no changes. - Resources available from the <strong>httpd </strong>Apache web server can be + Resources available from the <strong>httpd</strong> Apache web server can be restricted to just the users listed in the files created by - <strong>htpasswd. </strong>This program can only manage usernames and pass- + <strong>htpasswd.</strong> This program can only manage usernames and pass- words stored in a flat-file. It can encrypt and display password information for use in other types of data stores, though. To use a DBM database see <strong>dbmmanage</strong>. - <strong>htpasswd </strong>encrypts passwords using either a version of MD5 + <strong>htpasswd</strong> encrypts passwords using either a version of MD5 modified for Apache, or the system's <em>crypt</em>() routine. Files - managed by <strong>htpasswd </strong>may contain both types of passwords; + managed by <strong>htpasswd</strong> may contain both types of passwords; some user records may have MD5-encrypted passwords while others in the same file may have passwords encrypted with <em>crypt</em>(). This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details of the directives necessary to configure user - authentication in <strong>httpd </strong>see the Apache manual, which is part + authentication in <strong>httpd</strong> see the Apache manual, which is part of the Apache distribution or can be found at <URL:http://www.apache.org/>. @@ -51,32 +59,32 @@ vlink="#000080" alink="#ff0000"> <strong>be used with extreme care, since the password is</strong> <strong>clearly visible on the command line.</strong> - -c Create the <em>passwdfile</em>. If <em>passwdfile </em>already exists, it + -c Create the <em>passwdfile</em>. If <em>passwdfile</em> already exists, it is rewritten and truncated. This option cannot be com- - bined with the <strong>-n </strong>option. + bined with the <strong>-n</strong> option. -n Display the results on standard output rather than updating a file. This is useful for generating pass- word records acceptable to Apache for inclusion in non-text data stores. This option changes the syntax - of the command line, since the <em>passwdfile </em>argument + of the command line, since the <em>passwdfile</em> argument (usually the first one) is omitted. It cannot be com- - bined with the <strong>-c </strong>option. + bined with the <strong>-c</strong> option. -m Use MD5 encryption for passwords. On Windows and TPF, this is the default. -d Use crypt() encryption for passwords. The default on all platforms but Windows and TPF. Though possibly sup- - ported by <strong>htpasswd </strong>on all platforms, it is not sup- - ported by the <strong>httpd </strong>server on Windows and TPF. + ported by <strong>htpasswd</strong> on all platforms, it is not sup- + ported by the <strong>httpd</strong> server on Windows and TPF. -s Use SHA encryption for passwords. Facilitates migration from/to Netscape servers using the LDAP Directory Interchange Format (ldif). - -p Use plaintext passwords. Though <strong>htpasswd </strong>will support - creation on all platforms, the <strong>httpd </strong>daemon will only + -p Use plaintext passwords. Though <strong>htpasswd</strong> will support + creation on all platforms, the <strong>httpd</strong> daemon will only accept plain text passwords on Windows and TPF. <em>passwdfile</em> @@ -87,24 +95,24 @@ vlink="#000080" alink="#ff0000"> <em>username</em> The username to create or update in <strong>passwdfile</strong>. If - <em>username </em>does not exist in this file, an entry is + <em>username</em> does not exist in this file, an entry is added. If it does exist, the password is changed. <em>password</em> The plaintext password to be encrypted and stored in - the file. Only used with the -<em>b </em>flag. + the file. Only used with the -<em>b</em> flag. <strong>EXIT STATUS</strong> - <strong>htpasswd </strong>returns a zero status ("true") if the username and + <strong>htpasswd</strong> returns a zero status ("true") if the username and password have been successfully added or updated in the - <em>passwdfile</em>. <strong>htpasswd </strong>returns 1 if it encounters some prob- + <em>passwdfile</em>. <strong>htpasswd</strong> returns 1 if it encounters some prob- lem accessing files, 2 if there was a syntax problem with the command line, 3 if the password was entered interac- tively and the verification entry didn't match, 4 if its operation was interrupted, 5 if a value is too long (user- name, filename, password, or final computed record), and 6 if the username contains illegal characters (see the <strong>RES-</strong> - <strong>TRICTIONS </strong>section). + <strong>TRICTIONS</strong> section). <strong>EXAMPLES</strong> <strong>htpasswd /usr/local/etc/apache/.htpasswd-users jsmith</strong> @@ -114,14 +122,14 @@ vlink="#000080" alink="#ff0000"> system, the password will be encrypted using the modi- fied Apache MD5 algorithm; otherwise, the system's <em>crypt</em>() routine will be used. If the file does not - exist, <strong>htpasswd </strong>will do nothing except return an error. + exist, <strong>htpasswd</strong> will do nothing except return an error. <strong>htpasswd -c /home/doe/public_html/.htpasswd jane</strong> Creates a new file and stores a record in it for user <em>jane</em>. The user is prompted for the password. If the file exists and cannot be read, or cannot be written, - it is not altered and <strong>htpasswd </strong>will display a message + it is not altered and <strong>htpasswd</strong> will display a message and return an error status. <strong>htpasswd -mb /usr/web/.htpasswd-all jones Pwd4Steve</strong> @@ -131,20 +139,20 @@ vlink="#000080" alink="#ff0000"> file. <strong>SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS</strong> - Web password files such as those managed by <strong>htpasswd </strong>should - <strong>not </strong>be within the Web server's URI space -- that is, they + Web password files such as those managed by <strong>htpasswd</strong> should + <strong>not</strong> be within the Web server's URI space -- that is, they should not be fetchable with a browser. - The use of the -<em>b </em>option is discouraged, since when it is + The use of the -<em>b</em> option is discouraged, since when it is used the unencrypted password appears on the command line. <strong>RESTRICTIONS</strong> On the Windows and MPE platforms, passwords encrypted with - <strong>htpasswd </strong>are limited to no more than 255 characters in + <strong>htpasswd</strong> are limited to no more than 255 characters in length. Longer passwords will be truncated to 255 charac- ters. - The MD5 algorithm used by <strong>htpasswd </strong>is specific to the Apache + The MD5 algorithm used by <strong>htpasswd</strong> is specific to the Apache software; passwords encrypted using it will not be usable with other Web servers. @@ -152,9 +160,11 @@ vlink="#000080" alink="#ff0000"> character ':'. <strong>SEE ALSO</strong> - <strong>httpd(8) </strong>and the scripts in support/SHA1 which come with the + <strong>httpd(8)</strong> and the scripts in support/SHA1 which come with the distribution. </pre> -<!--#include virtual="footer.html" --> -</body></html> + <!--#include virtual="footer.html" --> + </body> +</html> + |