htpasswd(1)

💖 htpasswd(1) — manipulate HTTP-server password files 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

htpasswd — manipulate HTTP-server password files.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

htpasswd [-c] passwordfile username

So you run it with a passwordfile and a username, and you can toss in -c if you’re feeling brand new. 🎀

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Okay so htpasswd sets a user's password in an httpd-style password file. That’s the whole assignment. ✨

And the -c flag? It creates a new file. Periodt. 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This one was written by Rob McCool. Then, on 29aug97, Jef Poskanzer modified it to accept new password on stdin, if stdin is a pipe or file. Why? Because that’s necessary for use from CGI. No cap. 💀

This has been htpasswd(1) from the General Commands Manual, dated 05 May 1998. Byeee bestie, go slay those password files! 💖✨