.TH htpasswd 1 "February 1997"
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.SH NAME
htpasswd \- Create and update user authentication files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B htpasswd 
[
.B \-c
] 
.I passwdfile
.I username
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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
.B httpd
Apache 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. To use a
DBM database see 
\fBdbmmanage\fP and \fBdbmmanage.new\fP.
.PP
This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details of
the directives necessary to configure user authentication in httpd see
the Apache manual, which is part of the Apache distribution or can be
found at http://www.apache.org/.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP \-c 
Create the \fIpasswdfile\fP. If \fIpasswdfile\fP already exists, it
is deleted first. 
.IP \fB\fIpasswdfile\fP
Name of the file to contain the user name and password. If \-c
is given, this file is created if it does not already exist,
or deleted and recreated if it does exist. 
.IP \fB\fIusername\fP
The username to create or update in \fBpasswdfile\fP. If
\fIusername\fP does not exist is this file, an entry is added. If it
does exist, the password is changed.
.SH SEE ALSO
httpd(8)