htpasswd problem

[ascikey]

Hi all,
I am having a problem creating a new password file using htpasswd on XP
I am using the command

htpasswd -c C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/passwords/dvd/account/pwdFile.pwd tony

is there any line that should be altered in the httpd.conf? I have looked at the tutorial on the Apache site but carn't find anything that I am doing wrong.
When the command is issued I get the suggestions for the use of the command as if I am using it incorrectly but I don’t know why. Can anybody shed some light on this?
thx

 

[smah]

Unless you badly mistyped the command above, it's probably because you have not specified a valid Windows path for the password file. Try:

htpasswd -c C:[red]\[/red]Program Files[red]\[/red]Apache Group[red]\[/red]Apache2[red]\[/red]passwords[red]\[/red]dvd[red]\[/red]account[red]\[/red]pwdFile.pwd tony

 

[ascikey]

thx for ur reply
no that wasnt a typo i thought that is how apache wanted it.
i will give it a go that way and let u know

 

[smah]

Much of the apache documentation you will find is written for *nix operating systems. So quite often you will see a path something like [blue]/var/www/htdocs/.....[/blue]. But for Windows, paths are written like [blue]C:\Program Files\Apache\.....[/blue] The tip-off is the C: - this is specific to Windows.

 

[ascikey]

ok i have tried that but i got the same as before

C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\bin>htpasswd -c C:\Program Files\Apache Gr
oup\Apache2\passwords\dvd\account\pwdFile.pwd tony
Usage:
htpasswd [-cmdpsD] passwordfile username
htpasswd -b[cmdpsD] passwordfile username password

htpasswd -n[mdps] username
htpasswd -nb[mdps] username password
-c Create a new file.
-n Don't update file; display results on stdout.
-m Force MD5 encryption of the password (default).
-d Force CRYPT encryption of the password.
-p Do not encrypt the password (plaintext).
-s Force SHA encryption of the password.
-b Use the password from the command line rather than prompting for it.
-D Delete the specified user.
On Windows, NetWare and TPF systems the '-m' flag is used by default.
On all other systems, the '-p' flag will probably not work.

C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\bin>

any suggestions cos i am stumped

 

[ascikey]

I have found the error in my syntax and it was in the directory path that needed speech marks around it, probably apache assumed that after a space it was a username and after next space was an error.
It worked with the backslashes but didn’t try the forward slashes. Thx for your help