htdigest.1(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 user-
     names, realm and password for digest authentication  of  HTTP  users.   Re-
     sources  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://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  specified, 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)