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htdigest(1)
NAME
  htdigest - Create and update user authentication files

SYNOPSIS
  htdigest [ -c ] passwdfile realm username

DESCRIPTION
  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 httpd Apache web 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://www.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.

SEE ALSO
  httpd(8)

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