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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 12479] New: - htpasswd -c option is "backwards"

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htpasswd -c option is "backwards"

           Summary: htpasswd -c option is "backwards"
           Product: Apache httpd-2.0
           Version: 2.0.40
          Platform: Sun
        OS/Version: Solaris
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: support
        AssignedTo: bugs@httpd.apache.org
        ReportedBy: sullo@cirt.net


When running htpasswd on Solaris 2.8 it appears that the -c option (create file)
is enabled by default, which over-writes existing password file.  By specifying
-c it adds to the file. This behaviour is opposite the description in the man page.

There is a note in the 2.0.40 changelog that may relate:
"Fix a silly htpasswd.c logic error that incorrectly reported that both -c and
-n had been used.  PR 9989  [Cliff Woolley]"

Note that no error is reported whether -c is used or not.

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