Re: Htpasswd help?

[gaumer <gaumerel@titan.ecs.fullerton.edu>]

On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 00:35, Miranda, Joel Louie M wrote:
> Im trying to make a shell script but I could not get this one done.
> Im using htpasswd to generate a file, user and password.
> 
> Here is my syntax..
> 
> -----------------
> web:/var/www-development/genpass# htpasswd -cd site.pass cust pass
> Usage:
>         htpasswd [-cmdps] passwordfile username
>         htpasswd -b[cmdps] passwordfile username password
> 
>         htpasswd -n[mdps] username
>         htpasswd -nb[mdps] username password
>  -c  Create a new file.
>  -n  Don't update file; display results on stdout.
>  -m  Force MD5 encryption of the password.
>  -d  Force CRYPT encryption of the password (default).
>  -p  Do not encrypt the password (plaintext).
>  -s  Force SHA encryption of the password.
>  -b  Use the password from the command line rather than prompting for it.
> On Windows, TPF and NetWare systems the '-m' flag is used by default.
> On all other systems, the '-p' flag will probably not work.
> -----------------

> It returns to me this prompt again and again.
> 
> Should I miss something?
> 
> Thanks,
> Louie

If you specify a password on the command line then you need to use the
-b switch. 

# htpasswd -cb site.pass cust pass (-d is default behavior).
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gaumer <gaumerel@titan.ecs.fullerton.edu>