NAME

mhtpasswd —

manipulate HTTP-server password files

SYNOPSIS

mhtpasswd [-cmD] passwordfile username

mhtpasswd -b [-c] [-dms] [-D] passwdfile username password

mhtpasswd -n [-dms] username

mhtpasswd -nb [-dms] username password

The mhtpasswd utility is used to create and update files to store usernames and passwords for HTTP authentication.

mhtpasswd uses openssl to generate the password encrypted using crypt(), apache modified MD5 or digest SHA1

-b: batch mode password is read from the command line
-c: Create the password file, if it already exists it is overwrittent.
-n: Display the result on stdout instead of writting to a password file.
-m: Use apache MD5 encryption.
-d: Use crypt() encryption. (this is default)
-s: Use digest SHA1 encryption.
-D: Delete user.
passwdfile: path to the file that contains or will contain the user name and password.
username: user name to create or update.
password: plaintext password to be encrypted for the given user.

Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>