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 usernames, realm and password for digest authentica-
       tion of HTTP users. Resources 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.

       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                                         2007-04-24                                                HTDIGEST(1)