Yes, I know what goes in it...I used to have a perl script that did
what I am trying to do, but I have long since abandoned perl in favor
of php.  Need to change my license plate which still refers to perl <g>

Marian

--- In [email protected], "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Marian,
> $thePW = crypt(trim($thePW),base64_encode(CRYPT_STD_DES));
> This line encrypts the password to the usual 13 char string that
online htpasswd generators give you.
> 
> Also, it would be better to check things like PW length and whether
the PW has numeric and alpha etc. then warn that the password is not
good enough.
> 
> Have you created a password file, which would be located above root?
> If these passwords are generated online, you would need a secure
connection.
> Depends on what you're protecting.
> 
> I'm presuming you know what to put in the .htaccess file.
> Regards, Bob Exton.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marian Briones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:35 PM
> Subject: [php-list] Writing to a .htpasswd file
> 
> 
> > Hi everyoen
> > I am writing an access system and it needs to be able to encrypt the
> > username and password to a certain directory's .htpasswd file.  I'm
> > not sure how to do it.  I found a link with this code:
> > 
> > // The following class encrypts a password, and writes it to a
.htpasswd
> > // file for use with .htaccess encryption.
> > 
> > // Example usage:
> > //
> > // $username="bob";
> > // $password = "bob";
> > // $theLine = $htpasswd->genLine($username, $password);
> > // $htpasswd->writeFile(".htpasswd",$theLine);
> > //
> > //
> > //
> > // NOTE: Do NOT encrypt the password before calling the genLine
function,
> > // otherwise the password will be encrypted twice, and will not work.
> > //
> > // Any questions, IM me www NLH com on AIM.  Enjoy! =)
> > 
> > // START CODE
> > 
> > class htpasswd {
> > 
> >    // Encrypts given password
> >    function encryptPW($thePW){
> >        $thePW = crypt(trim($thePW),base64_encode(CRYPT_STD_DES));
> >        return $thePW;
> >    }
> > 
> >    // Calls the encryptPW function, generates the line for writing
> >    function genLine($username,$password){
> >        $encrypted_password = encryptPW($password);
> >        return "$username:$encrypted_password";
> >    }
> > 
> >    // Writes data to the file
> >    function writeFile($theFile,$theLine){
> >        $fp = fopen($theFile, "a");
> >        $orig_size = filesize($theFile);
> > 
> >        // Trims all whitespace
> >        $theContents = file_get_contents($theFile);
> >        $strippedContents = str_replace(" ", "", $theContents);
> > 
> >        ftruncate($fp, 0);
> > 
> >        fwrite($fp, $strippedContents);
> > 
> >        // Sets file pointer to the end of the file
> >        fseek($fp, filesize($theFile));
> > 
> >        // If this is the first entry in the file, do not add a new
> > line before writing
> >        if($orig_size == 1){
> >            fwrite($fp, "$theLine");
> >        }else{
> >            // If this is not the first entry, write the data on a new
> > line in the file
> >            fwrite($fp, "$theLine");
> >        }
> >        fclose($fp);
> >    }
> > 
> > }
> > 
> > // END CODE 
> > 
> > But I tried the code and got a weird error that didn't make any sense.
> > Can someone help shed some light so I can get this thing written
> > properly?
>


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