====== htpasswd ======

  * [[Apache]]
  * [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/auth.html|Authentication, Authorization and Access Control]]
  * [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/htpasswd.html|htpasswd - Manage user files for basic authentication]]

Web password files such as those managed by ''htpasswd'' should not be within the Web server's URI space -- that is, they should not be fetchable with a browser.

**Create new password file**

<code>
htpasswd -c passwdfile username
</code>