Re: [apache-ssl] Authentication
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Re: [apache-ssl] Authentication



On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Tim Lines wrote:

> I'm sure that /etc/passwd is wrong.  I've looked through the code enough
> to believe that the file should be either dbm or db format but I'm not
> sure which.  Which format should the file be in?  How can I build a
> password file in the proper format?

Seems u r new to this.
The password file has to be in 'username:encryptred-password' format.
This can be created using the 'htpasswd' utility available along with
Apache itself.

Better put in a location out of the document tree.

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