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Application Server Utility | htpasswd(1M)

- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- EXAMPLES

## NAME

| htpasswd - creates the user authentication files

## SYNOPSIS

| `htpasswd` [-c] `passwdfile username`

## DESCRIPTION

| Use the `htpasswd` utility to create the flat-files that store usernames and password for basic authentication of HTTP users. If `htpasswd` cannot access a file, such as not being able to write to the output file or not being able to read the file, it returns an error status and makes no changes.

## OPTIONS

| -c creates the `passwdfile`. If the `passwdfile` already exists, it is rewritten and truncated. passwdfile name of the file to contain the username and password. username the username to create in the `passwdfile`. If the username does not exist in this file, an entry is added. If it does exist, the password is changed.

## EXAMPLES

    htpasswd -c myauthen scott

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