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# 8  
Old 02-02-2015
ls -l /usr/local/apache2/bin/htpass* ? Also check in /sbin.
# 9  
Old 02-02-2015
Nope, same thing displaying. Im convinced its not here haha
# 10  
Old 02-02-2015
If you have apache, it must be somewhere. Time for a brute force search:

Code:
find / -name 'htpass*' 2>/dev/null

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# 11  
Old 02-02-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
If you have apache, it must be somewhere. Time for a brute force search:

Code:
find / -name 'htpass*' 2>/dev/null

/opt/apache2/htpasswd2.1
/opt/htpasswd2.1.gz
/usr/share/doc/packages/apache2/SHA1/htpasswd-sha1.pl
/usr/share/man/man1/htpasswd2.1.gz

Also, what does the last bit of that script mean? The
Code:
 2>/dev/null

# 12  
Old 02-02-2015
It means 'don't print error messages'.

I don't suppose htpasswd needs root to be found on this system...
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# 13  
Old 02-02-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
It means 'don't print error messages'.

I don't suppose htpasswd needs root to be found on this system...
Unfortunately, I ran all these commands as root Smilie
# 14  
Old 02-02-2015
Usually a very bad habit but saves us some time now.

I have no idea why this is missing. It's supposed to come with apache.
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