This validator uses htpasswd files, which are very common on Apache web sever environments. It stores one line per entry with the user name and a hash of the password.
Cherokee supports the following hash algorithms:
MD5
MD5-crypt
Apache MD5
SHA1
crypt.
The htpasswd validator can use a flat-file generated by the Apache htpasswd command.
Parameter | Description |
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passwdfile | Required. The location of the user/pass file. |
This validator is compatible with the basic scheme, it's not suitable for HTTP Digest.