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authorFlorian Obser <florian@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-03-17 12:49:14 +0000
committerFlorian Obser <florian@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-03-17 12:49:14 +0000
commitf07bd439cd28aeb90e68dfbdfb0e852fff730384 (patch)
treec19bb3df173263c00a726511e13a273f55aa1dd8 /usr.bin/htpasswd/htpasswd.1
parente73c5d33266741a9340881ddb54bdef889d5f21f (diff)
Re-implement htpasswd from scratch. There is so much bad advice on the
internet that it's better to have a known tool in base. Intentionally not switch compatible with the old htpasswd. The only switch really needed would be for batch mode, but that was inherently insecure in the old htpasswd. Batch mode will be coming shortly. OK sthen, tedu, benno
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+.\" $OpenBSD: htpasswd.1,v 1.1 2014/03/17 12:49:13 florian Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2014 Florian Obser <florian@openbsd.org>
+.\"
+.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+.\"
+.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+.\"
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 17 2014 $
+.Dt HTPASSWD 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm htpasswd
+.Nd create and update user authentication files
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Ar file
+.Ar login
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+is used to create and update user authentication files for
+.Xr nginx 8
+and other http daemons.
+.Nm
+prompts for a password and generates a hash using
+.Xr bcrypt 3 .
+A line suitable for e.g.
+.Xr nginx 8
+.Ic auth_basic_user_file
+is written on standard output if
+.Nm
+is invoked with one argument.
+If invoked with two arguments the
+.Ar file
+user authentication file is updated.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr bcrypt 3 ,
+.Xr nginx 8 ,
+.Xr nginx.conf 5
+.Sh HISTORY
+This reimplemented version of
+.Nm
+has been available since
+.Ox 5.6 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An Florian Obser Aq Mt florian@openbsd.org
+implemented
+.Nm
+from scratch after httpd was removed from
+.Ox
+base.