NAME

     htpasswd - Create and update user authentication files

SYNOPSIS

     htpasswd [ -c ] passwdfile username

DESCRIPTION

     htpasswd is used to create and update the flat-files used to
     store  usernames  and  password  for basic 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 htpasswd. This program  can  only  be  used
     when  the  usernames are stored in a flat-file. To use a DBM
     database see dbmmanage.

     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

     -c    Create the passwdfile. If passwdfile  already  exists,
          it is deleted first.

     passwdfile
          Name of the file to contain the user name and password.
          If  - c  is  given, this file is created if it does not
          already exist, or deleted  and  recreated  if  it  does
          exist.

     username
          The username 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)