> -----Original Message----- > From: Rodrigo Monteiro [mailto:mrodrigox@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Dienstag, 24. Januar 2006 17:11 > To: Lista Apache (httpd) > Subject: [users@httpd] htpasswd in cgi (shell script) > > Hello everyone. > > I've looked for this question but can't find it in the mailing list > archive. So, if there is an answer in a old thread, point to me... > > I'm using the httpd authentication (.htaccess and .htpasswd) for an > cgi-bin/test dir. What I'm trying to do is another cgi (in shell > script) that changes this file (cgi-bin/test/.htpasswd). I'm using the > -m parameter in htpasswd to create the users. > # cat .htpasswd > admin:$apr1$DXEZZ/..$EuDQbwbv3Wmf1QKe.leZd0 > # > The user is admin and the password is admin. > How can I encrypt the string "admin" to compare with the string in the > .htpasswd? If I understand you, you are basically trying to test if a given plain-text string matches an encrypted password? I don't know how to do this in a shell-script, but Perl provides a "crypt" function that encrypts a string... You could look at that. Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > regards, > > -- > Rodrigo Monteiro > "Free as in Freedom, not free as in free beer" > Linux User # 403730 > JID: mrodrigom@xxxxxxxxxx > mrodrigox@xxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > Diese E-mail ist eine private und persönliche Kommunikation. Sie hat keinen Bezug zur Börsen- bzw. Geschäftstätigkeit der SWX Gruppe. This e-mail is of a private and personal nature. It is not related to the exchange or business activities of the SWX Group. Le présent e-mail est un message privé et personnel, sans rapport avec l'activité boursière du Groupe SWX. This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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