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[ale] How to get working htpasswd command onto old GoDaddy Server
Be aware that perl crypt only uses the first 8 characters of the user
supplied password.
CPAN Apache-htpasswd may be a better solution
On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 11:11 -0500, Neal Rhodes wrote:
> hmm.? Sometimes just asking a question provokes an answer.??
> Apparently this little bit of PERL will create a similar file.?
>
>
>
> cat myhtpasswd.pl
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> use strict;
>
> chomp(my $filename=$ARGV[0]);
>
> chomp(my $username=$ARGV[1]);
>
> chomp(my $password=$ARGV[2]);
>
> if (!$filename || !$username || !$password) {
>
> ? print "USAGE: ./crypt.pl filename username password\n\n";
>
> } else {
>
> ? open FILE, ">>", $filename or die $!;
>
> ? print FILE $username . ":" . crypt($password, $username) . "\n";
>
> ? close FILE or die $!;
>
> }
>
>
>
> The actual encrypted string is completely different from what my
> Centos box generates, but when I plopped it in place, Apache accepted
> the very same password.?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 10:53 -0500, Neal Rhodes wrote:
>
> > ????So, we have a hosting account on a Godaddy Linux server:?
> >
> > ????
> >
> > ????Linux XXXXXXXX.secureserver.net 2.6.18-411.el5PAE #1 SMP Mon
> > Jul 11 18:26:16 CDT 2016 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> >
> > ????
> >
> > ????Which, amongst other things, hosts the Lloyd Shaw Foundations
> > historic music downloads.?? So people all over the world are paying
> > a tiny amount for tunes from the archives via Paypal, and then I
> > setup download for them.?
> >
> > ????
> >
> > ????Which now has me building an .htpasswd file on my local Centos
> > 6 64 bit system, and shoving that over via scp.?
> >
> > ????
> >
> > ????Because the Godaddy server lacks an htpasswd command.??? And
> > Godaddy support has in the past and continues to decline to provide
> > a compatible one.??
> >
> > ????
> >
> > ????BUT, they don't have any problem with me stuffing one there in
> > my local ./bin folder and running it.??? So, if I could find a
> > compatible binary to the above, I could put the entire fulfillment
> > process in one place and put a PHP front end on it and allow
> > volunteers other than me to do it in places other than my office.?
> >
> > ????
> >
> > ????So, the htpasswd from my 64 bit Centos 6 server didn't fly - I
> > assume the binary is incompatible.?? How would I go about finding a
> > compatible one??? I did some random digging with rpmseek.com, and
> > found one in? HTPASSWD-APACHE-2.2.22-7.I486.RPM, but after
> > unpacking and shoveling it over there, it wants some libraries:?
> >
> > ????
> >
> > ????
> > ????????./htpasswd: error while loading shared libraries:
> > libaprutil-1.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> > directory
> >
> > ????????
> >
> > ????
> > ????Obviously, getting shared libraries starts to get more
> > involved.?? I just want to create a one-line ..htpasswd file Apache
> > is happy with for each music download directory.?
> >
> > ????
> >
> > ????If this takes a lot of drama, I might just accelerate the
> > migration of my hosting off this server onto a more current one,
> > which Godaddy says they have to force to happen anyway by the end
> > of 2017.?
> >
> > ????
> >
> > ????Regards,?
> >
> > ????
> >
> > ????Neal?
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