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Old 12-24-2009
Resolved: htpasswd issues (-b) on FreeBSD

I wrote a script to batch-create directories with .htaccess and .htpasswd files.

I am using the following line to create the .htpasswd file:
Code:
htpasswd -cb .htpasswd $USER $PASS

However, I keep getting this message in return:
Code:
Usage: htpasswd [-cm] passwordfile username
The -c flag creates a new file.
The -m flag forces MD5 encryption of the password.
On Windows systems the -m flag is used by default.

I tried it directly from the shell (no variables), and got the same error. Could it be that the version of htpasswd on this server does not support the -b option? If so, where can I get a version that supports it? The server is running FreeBSD 6.3.

Thanks
AS

---------- Post updated at 04:57 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:23 PM ----------

Figured it out. It looks like this server has a REAL old version of apache. I downloaded newer apache binaries and uploaded the newer htpasswd to a directory on the server (since it is not my server, I can't upgrade apache on it).

Last edited by Spetnik; 12-24-2009 at 04:57 PM.. Reason: resolved
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Old 12-24-2009
Perl Script

Found this with a simple google search.

httpasswd-b for older systems. It's a Perl script that implements '-b'.
 
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