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.TH "HTDIGEST" 1 "2003-11-25" "Apache HTTP Server" "htdigest"
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htdigest \- manage user files for digest authentication
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\fBhtdigest\fR [ -\fBc\fR ] \fIpasswdfile\fR \fIrealm\fR \fIusername\fR
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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\&.
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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/\&.
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Create the \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIpasswdfile\fR already exists, it is deleted first\&.
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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\&.
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The realm name to which the user name belongs\&.
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The user name to create or update in \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIusername\fR does not exist is this file, an entry is added\&. If it does exist, the password is changed\&.