General Commands Manual

NAME¶

htpasswd - manipulate HTTP-server password files

SYNOPSIS¶

htpasswd [-c] passwordfile username

Sets a user's password in an httpd-style password file. The -c flag creates a new file.

Rob McCool. Modified 29aug97 by Jef Poskanzer to accept new password on stdin, if stdin is a pipe or file. This is necessary for use from CGI.

05 May 1998