NAME
    htdigest - Create and update user authentication files

SYNOPSIS
    htdigest [ -c ] passwdfile realm username

DESCRIPTION
    htdigest  is used to create and update the flat-files used to store
    usernames, realm and password for digest authentication of HTTP users.
    Resources available from the httpd Apache web server can be restricted
    to just the users listed in the files created by htdigest.

    This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details of
    the directives necessary to configure digest authentication in httpd
    see the Apache manual, which is part of the Apache distribution or can
    be found at http://www.apache.org/.

OPTIONS
    -c   Create the passwdfile. If passwdfile already  exists, it is
    deleted first.

    passwdfile
    Name of the file to contain the username, realm and password. If
    -c is given, this file is created if it does not already exist,
    or deleted and recreated if it does exist.

    realm The realm name to which the user name belongs.

    username
    The user name to create or update  in passwdfile. If username
    does not  exist is this file,  an entry is added. If it does
    exist, the password is changed.

SEE ALSO
    httpd(8)