Commit 6930136e authored by Richard Bowen's avatar Richard Bowen
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Added various examples to the dbmmanage documentation. 


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docs/manual/programs/dbmmanage.xml

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<summary>

    <p><code>dbmmanage</code> is used to create and update the DBM format files

    used to store usernames and password for basic authentication of HTTP users.

    used to store usernames and password for basic authentication of HTTP users

    via <module>mod_auth_dbm</module>.

    Resources available from the Apache HTTP server can be restricted to just

    the users listed in the files created by <code>dbmmanage</code>. This

    program can only be used when the usernames are stored in a DBM file. To
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      <dl>

      <dt><code>add</code></dt>

      <dd>Adds an entry for <var>username</var> to <var>filename</var> using the

      encrypted password <var>encpasswd</var>.</dd>

      encrypted password <var>encpasswd</var>.

      

      <example>dbmmanage passwords.dat add rbowen foKntnEF3KSXA</example>

      </dd>



      <dt><code>adduser</code></dt>

      <dd>Asks for a password and then adds an entry for <var>username</var> to

      <var>filename</var>.</dd>

      <var>filename</var>.

      

      <example>dbmmanage passwords.dat adduser krietz</example>

      </dd>



      <dt><code>check</code></dt>

      <dd>Asks for a password and then checks if <var>username</var> is in

      <var>filename</var> and if it's password matches the specified one.</dd>

      <var>filename</var> and if it's password matches the specified one.

      

      <example>dbmmanage passwords.dat check rbowen</example>

      </dd>



      <dt><code>delete</code></dt>

      <dd>Deletes the <var>username</var> entry from <var>filename</var>.</dd>

      <dd>Deletes the <var>username</var> entry from <var>filename</var>.

      

      <example>dbmmanage passwords.dat delete rbowen</example>

      </dd>



      <dt><code>import</code></dt>

      <dd>Reads <code><var>username</var>:<var>password</var></code> entries
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      <dt><code>update</code></dt>

      <dd>Same as the <code>adduser</code> command, except that it makes

      sure <var>username</var> already exists in <var>filename</var>.</dd>

      sure <var>username</var> already exists in <var>filename</var>.

      

      <example>dbmmanage passwords.dat update rbowen</example>

      </dd>



      <dt><code>view</code></dt>

      <dd>Just displays the contents of the DBM file. If you specify a

      <var>username</var>, it displays the particular record only.</dd>

      <var>username</var>, it displays the particular record only.

      

      <example>dbmmanage passwords.dat view</example>

      </dd>

      </dl>

    </section>

</section>