axhtpasswd(1)

📦 version 2.1.5, in ubuntu jammy

💖 NAME 💖

axhtpasswd — manage user files for basic authentication, bestie 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

axhttpd username

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so axhtpasswd is literally here to help you manually edit .htpasswd files, which are the ones used by axhttpd. no cap. 🫶

and the format? it's the classic, iconic, colon-separated username/encrypted-password pair situation, with each record delimited by newlines. very demure, very mindful.

so here's the vibe: the program reads the username from the command line, and the password from input. then it outputs the username/encrypted-password pair and dips out. that's it, that's the whole plot. main character energy fr fr 🔥

🚨 okay important thing, don't skip this: the encryption of this password uses a proprietary algorithm, and that's because so many crypt libraries are out here depending on DES 😭. so heads up — the .htpasswd it generates is not portable among other HTTPDs. it's giving exclusive. it's giving "only axhttpd gets me". 💀

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

ngl this one is an easy study session because:

  • This program does not accept any other command line options. that's the whole section. periodt. ✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

axhtpasswd is written by Cameron Hamilton-Rich. slay 💖

and that's a wrap, bestie!! this lil cutie lives in the General Commands Manual, section 1 — so when you see axhtpasswd(1) out in the wild, you'll know exactly who she is 🦋✨ bye bye, go encrypt responsibly 💅🌸

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