{"id":3351,"date":"2010-07-10T03:46:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T07:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2010-07-10T03:46:10","modified_gmt":"2010-07-10T07:46:10","slug":"how-to-generate-a-htpasswd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/how-to-generate-a-htpasswd\/","title":{"rendered":"How to generate a htpasswd"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is the best way to generate a htpasswd? <\/p>\n

htpasswd is used to generate, store and update the file used for basic http authentication. To create a new password file from the command line;
\n# htpasswd -c \/home\/user\/.htpasswd username<\/code>
\nThe previous command will generate a new file called .htpasswd in the users \/home\/user directory and store an entry in it for the users username and hashed password. The user is prompted for the password and then again a second time for the password which completes the entry.<\/p>\n

To change or update the password in \/home\/user\/.htpasswd
\n# htpasswd \/home\/user\/.htpasswd username\/<\/code>
\nThe user is prompted for the password twice and the password is then updated.<\/p>\n

If you do not have the program installed to do this, an error will be returned;
\nThe program 'htpasswd' can be found in the following packages:
\n * apache2-utils
\n * mini-httpd
\nTry: sudo apt-get install \"selected package\"
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Select the apache2-utils to install by running the following command;
\nuser@mycomputer:~$ sudo apt-get install apache2-utils
\n[sudo] password for user:
\nReading package lists... Done
\nBuilding dependency tree
\nReading state information... Done
\nThe following extra packages will be installed:
\n libapr1 libaprutil1
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\n apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1
\n0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
\nNeed to get 361kB of archives.
\nAfter this operation, 922kB of additional disk space will be used.
\nDo you want to continue [Y\/n]? y
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Setting up libaprutil1 (1.3.9+dfsg-3build1) ...<\/p>\n

Setting up apache2-utils (2.2.14-5ubuntu8) ...
\nProcessing triggers for libc-bin ...
\nldconfig deferred processing now taking place
\nuser@mycomputer:~$
\n<\/code>
\nnow try the command again using “password” as the password (don’t really use the word password for your password… derp)
\n
\nuser@mycomputer:~$ htpasswd -c \/home\/user\/.htpasswd user
\nNew password:
\nRe-type new password:
\nAdding password for user user
\nuser@mycomputer:~$ cat \/home\/user\/.htpasswd
\nuser:5UBsW0A43cEvs
\nuser@mycomputer:~$
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

When you cat the file, the username will be listed with the hashed password. To add a user to the existing file, simply run the command
\nuser@mycomputer:~$ htpasswd \/home\/user\/.htpasswd user<\/code>
\nThis will add a new user to the file without overwriting the existing file.
\nThe -c creates a new password file. If password file already exists, it is overwritten and truncated or shortened. You can also use the -m parameter to force the md5 encryption of the password as opposed to just the basic apache authentication method.<\/p>\n

Here is an online version using md5 to hash the password<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the best way to generate a htpasswd? htpasswd is used to generate, store and update the file used for basic http authentication. To create a new password file from the command line; # htpasswd -c \/home\/user\/.htpasswd username The previous command will generate a new file called .htpasswd in the users \/home\/user directory and… <\/p>\n

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