[users@httpd] htpasswd question

[Michael Scott <ms...@pyewacket.org>]

I want to set up a password protected area on a web server and have created an
initial password file using htpasswd.

I want to make it possible via a CGI script for users to change their passwords,
however, I don't want Bill to be able to change Jim's password.

One way would be to require the user enter their current password.  I was
planning on executing `htpasswd -nb username currentpasswd` and verifying the
hash against what's in the file.

The problem is, each time I execute the htpasswd command with the same password,
the hash is different.  How can that be?

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- Mike Scott
- mscott@pyewacket.org

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