NAME

     dbmmanage - Create and update user authentication  files  in
     DBM format

SYNOPSIS

     dbmmanage filename [ command ] [ username ]

DESCRIPTION

     dbmmanage is used to create and update the DBM format  files
     used  to  store usernames and password for basic authentica-
     tion of HTTP users.   Resources  available  from  the  httpd
     Apache web server can be restricted to just the users listed
     in the files created by dbmmanage. This program can only  be
     used  when  the usernames are stored in a DBM file. To use a
     flat-file database see htpasswd.

     This manual page only lists the command line arguments.  For
     details  of  the  directives  necessary  to  configure  user
     authentication in httpd see the Apache manual, which is part
     of   the   Apache   distribution   or   can   be   found  at
     http://www.apache.org/.

OPTIONS

     filename
          The filename of the DBM format  file.  Usually  without
          the extension .pag or .dir.

     command
          This selects the operation to perform:

     adduser     Asks for a password and then adds an  entry  for
                 username to filename .

     check       Asks for a password and then checks if  username
                 is  in filename and if it's password matches the
                 specified one.

     delete      Deletes the username entry from filename.

     import      Reads username:password entries (one  per  line)
                 from  STDIN and adds them to filename. The pass-
                 words already has to be crypted.

     update      Same as the "adduser" command,  except  that  it
                 makes sure username already exists in filename.

     view        Just displays the complete contents of  the  DBM
                 file.

     username    The user for which the update operation is  per-
                 formed.

SEE ALSO

     httpd(8)