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.Dd $Mdocdate: March 18 2014 $
.Dt HTPASSWD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm htpasswd
.Nd create and update user authentication files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar file
.Ar login
.Nm
.Fl B
.Op Ar file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is used to create and update user authentication files for
HTTP daemons such as
.Xr nginx 8 .
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl B
Switch to batch mode.
.Nm
reads exactly one line from standard input and splits it at the first
.Qo : Qc .
The first part is the login, the second part is the password which
.Nm
then hashes using
.Xr bcrypt 3 .
.El
.Pp
.Nm
prompts for a password and generates a hash using
.Xr bcrypt 3 .
A line suitable for a password file,
such as
.Ic auth_basic_user_file
in
.Xr nginx 8 ,
is written to standard output.
If invoked with two arguments
.Po
or one argument if the
.Fl B
flag is used
.Pc
user authentication
.Ar file
is updated.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bcrypt 3 ,
.Xr nginx.conf 5 ,
.Xr nginx 8
.Sh HISTORY
This reimplemented version of
.Nm
has been available since
.Ox 5.6 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Florian Obser Aq Mt florian@openbsd.org
implemented
.Nm
from scratch after httpd was removed from
.Ox
base.