Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0
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
.
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/.
htdigest [ -c ] passwdfile realm username
-c
passwdfile
-c
is given, this file is created if it does not already exist, or deleted and recreated if it does exist.realm
username