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NAME

na_httpd.passwd - file of passwords required for HTTP access

SYNOPSIS

/etc/httpd.passwd

DESCRIPTION

The password file containing the encrypted form of the password that an HTTP client must supply to have access to a file in a controlled-access directory tree, as declared in /etc/httpd.access.

The password is encrypted in the regular UNIX style. User of NCSA or Apache can use their htpasswd program to generate the user_id:passwd pair.

The HTTP access control does not use the existing CIFS password database on the node because in http basic authentication, in each request for protected pages, the value of passwd is sent over the network in clear text, and without encryption would compromise the user's password.

SYNTAX

user_id1:encrypted_passwd1
used_id2:encrypted_passwd2
...

EFFECTIVE

Any changes take effect within 5 minutes

PERSISTENCE

Changes are persistent across system reboots.

SEE ALSO

na_httpd.access(5).


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