


HTDIGEST2(1)                htdigest2                HTDIGEST2(1)


NAME
       htdigest2 - manage user files for digest authentication


SYNOPSIS
       htdigest2 [ -c ] passwdfile realm username



SUMMARY
       htdigest2  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 htdigest2.


       This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details  of
       the  directives  necessary to configure digest authentication in httpd2
       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                          1


