.HTPASSWD File Extension
- Category: Encoded Files
What are .HTPASSWD files and how to open them?
Can't open .HTPASSWD file? Are you wondering what it contains? On our site we will explain to you what this file is, what it is used for and what software opens the .HTPASSWD file.What is a .HTPASSWD file extension?
.HTPASSWD file extension has been classified as Encoded Files.
.HTPASSWD is Apache HTACCESS File
File used to create and update the flat-files used to store usernames and password for basic authentication of HTTP users; encrypts passwords using either a version of MD5 modified for Apache HTTP server, or the system's own crypt routine.
File names for HTPASSWD files start with a dot owing to the fact that most Unix-like operating systems consider any file with a name that begins with a dot to be a hidden file.
HTPASSWD files are made up of rows with each row corresponding to a pair of username and hashed password separated with a colon in between.