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Create password file for basic Apache authentication

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Feb 132008
 

Create password file for basic Apache authentication

Answer:

To create password file for basic Apache authentication, you need to use the htpasswd command.

# htpasswd -c /var/www/.htpasswd  john

After entering the password, the htpasswd command will create the password file (.htpasswd) in the folder /var/www for user john.

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