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 authentication 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.    See
              http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617#section-3.2.1 for more details.

       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.