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htpasswd:tldr:76ca5
htpasswd: Add user to htpasswd file or update existing user.
$ htpasswd ${filename} ${username}
try on your machine
The command htpasswd
is used to create and update user authentication files for basic authentication in Apache web server.
${filename}
is a placeholder for the name of the authentication file or the path to the file. For example, if your filename ispasswords
or the file is located in/etc/apache2
, you would replace${filename}
with eitherpasswords
or/etc/apache2/passwords
.${username}
is a placeholder for the username you want to add or update in the authentication file. For example, if the username you want to add or update isjohn
, you would replace${username}
withjohn
.
By running the htpasswd ${filename} ${username}
command, you are instructing the system to create or update the authentication file specified by ${filename}
with the given ${username}
. This command will prompt you to enter and confirm a password for the specified user. The system will then encrypt the password and add or update the user entry in the authentication file.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.