https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51370
Bug #: 51370
Summary: htdigest should accept password as a command-line
argument
Product: Apache httpd-2
Version: 2.3-HEAD
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P2
Component: support
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
Created attachment 27154
--> https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=27154
patch to htdigest
Right now, htdigest forces one to enter a password interactively. There is no
way to provide the password on the command-line. This is inconvenient for
scripts.
I needed a script to take a list of usernames/passwords as the input and
generate a single 'htpasswd' file with all of them. I could not find a way (in
Python) to redirect stdin to feed the appropriate password to each invocation
of htdigest.
So, I modified htdigest to accept an optional last argument being the password.
I understand that this is not preferred due to security concerns (after all,
the password is visible in the process list). When security is not an issue,
however, such as when I am working on my personal laptop, the most convenient
option is to pass all needed parameters on the command line.
My patch also refactors some code to avoid duplication and keep everything no
less tidy than it was.
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