hi i ve the http password file which is encrypted using htpasswd -c -m -b command i.e the password which is encrypted using md5 algorithm .i want to validate the user input password against the stored encrypted password thank u iyappan --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx