
This validator uses htpasswd files, which are very common on Apache web sever environments. It stores one line per entry with the user name and a hash of the password.
Cherokee supports the following hash algorithms:
It needs one parameter to work:
This validator only works with Basic authentication, it's not suitable for HTTP Digest.
Directory /secret {
Auth Basic {
Method htpasswd {
PasswdFile /var/passwordsweb
}
}
}