> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian McCann [mailto:Brian.McCann@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 2:14 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: htpasswd problem adding user > > Hi, > > When I try to add a new user with htpasswd on the command > line, it takes every thing after "f&" > as a new command then hangs waiting for some input after > "Adding password for user jtest" and when I enter > Ctrl c it completes the command adding user "jtest" with a > password "f" Of course. That's exactly what you told it do (though probably not what you you meant it to do). > > any help would be greatly appreciated An ampersand on a unix command line put the previous command into the background... If you're going to put non-alphanumerics into the password, you need to escape them. Get a decent unix sysadmin book, for a start. Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > Thanks, > Brian > > > [root@sirius1 ~]# htpasswd -b > /etc/opt/CollabNet_Subversion/conf/svn_auth_file jtest f&5H%c > [1] 23374 > -bash: 5H%c: command not found > [root@sirius1 ~]# Adding password for user jtest > [1]+ Done htpasswd -b > /etc/opt/CollabNet_Subversion/conf/svn_auth_file jtest f > [root@sirius1 ~]# > > <mailto:brian.mccann@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > 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
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