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diff --git a/rubbos/app/apache2/man/man1/dbmmanage.1 b/rubbos/app/apache2/man/man1/dbmmanage.1
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+.\" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+.\" DO NOT EDIT! Generated from XML source.
+.\" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+.de Sh \" Subsection
+.br
+.if t .Sp
+.ne 5
+.PP
+\fB\\$1\fR
+.PP
+..
+.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP)
+.if t .sp .5v
+.if n .sp
+..
+.de Ip \" List item
+.br
+.ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3
+.el .ne 3
+.IP "\\$1" \\$2
+..
+.TH "DBMMANAGE" 1 "2004-11-20" "Apache HTTP Server" "dbmmanage"
+
+.SH NAME
+dbmmanage \- Manage user authentication files in DBM format
+
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+
+.PP
+\fBdbmmanage\fR [ \fIencoding\fR ] \fIfilename\fR add|adduser|check|delete|update \fIusername\fR [ \fIencpasswd\fR [ \fIgroup\fR[,\fIgroup\fR\&.\&.\&.] [ \fIcomment\fR ] ] ]
+
+.PP
+\fBdbmmanage\fR \fIfilename\fR view [ \fIusername\fR ]
+
+.PP
+\fBdbmmanage\fR \fIfilename\fR import
+
+
+.SH "SUMMARY"
+
+.PP
+dbmmanage is used to create and update the DBM format files used to store usernames and password for basic authentication of HTTP users via mod_auth_dbm\&. Resources available from the Apache HTTP server can be restricted to just the users listed in the files created by dbmmanage\&. This program can only be used when the usernames are stored in a DBM file\&. To use a flat-file database see htpasswd\&.
+
+.PP
+This manual page only lists the command line arguments\&. For details of the directives necessary to configure user authentication in httpd see the httpd manual, which is part of the Apache distribution or can be found at http://httpd\&.apache\&.org/\&.
+
+
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+
+
+.TP
+\fIfilename\fR
+The filename of the DBM format file\&. Usually without the extension \&.db, \&.pag, or \&.dir\&.
+.TP
+\fIusername\fR
+The user for which the operations are performed\&. The \fIusername\fR may not contain a colon (:)\&.
+.TP
+\fIencpasswd\fR
+This is the already encrypted password to use for the update and add commands\&. You may use a hyphen (-) if you want to get prompted for the password, but fill in the fields afterwards\&. Additionally when using the update command, a period (\&.) keeps the original password untouched\&.
+.TP
+\fIgroup\fR
+A group, which the user is member of\&. A groupname may not contain a colon (:)\&. You may use a hyphen (-) if you don't want to assign the user to a group, but fill in the comment field\&. Additionally when using the update command, a period (\&.) keeps the original groups untouched\&.
+.TP
+\fIcomment\fR
+This is the place for your opaque comments about the user, like realname, mailaddress or such things\&. The server will ignore this field\&.
+
+.SS "Encodings"
+
+
+.TP
+-d
+crypt encryption (default, except on Win32, Netware)
+.TP
+-m
+MD5 encryption (default on Win32, Netware)
+.TP
+-s
+SHA1 encryption
+.TP
+-p
+plaintext (\fInot recommended\fR)
+
+.SS "Commands"
+
+
+.TP
+add
+Adds an entry for \fIusername\fR to \fIfilename\fR using the encrypted password \fIencpasswd\fR\&. dbmmanage passwords\&.dat add rbowen foKntnEF3KSXA
+.TP
+adduser
+Asks for a password and then adds an entry for \fIusername\fR to \fIfilename\fR\&. dbmmanage passwords\&.dat adduser krietz
+.TP
+check
+Asks for a password and then checks if \fIusername\fR is in \fIfilename\fR and if it's password matches the specified one\&. dbmmanage passwords\&.dat check rbowen
+.TP
+delete
+Deletes the \fIusername\fR entry from \fIfilename\fR\&. dbmmanage passwords\&.dat delete rbowen
+.TP
+import
+Reads \fIusername\fR:\fIpassword\fR entries (one per line) from STDIN and adds them to \fIfilename\fR\&. The passwords already have to be crypted\&.
+.TP
+update
+Same as the adduser command, except that it makes sure \fIusername\fR already exists in \fIfilename\fR\&. dbmmanage passwords\&.dat update rbowen
+.TP
+view
+Just displays the contents of the DBM file\&. If you specify a \fIusername\fR, it displays the particular record only\&. dbmmanage passwords\&.dat view
+
+.SH "BUGS"
+
+.PP
+One should be aware that there are a number of different DBM file formats in existence, and with all likelihood, libraries for more than one format may exist on your system\&. The three primary examples are SDBM, NDBM, the GNU project's GDBM, and Berkeley DB 2\&. Unfortunately, all these libraries use different file formats, and you must make sure that the file format used by \fIfilename\fR is the same format that dbmmanage expects to see\&. dbmmanage currently has no way of determining what type of DBM file it is looking at\&. If used against the wrong format, will simply return nothing, or may create a different DBM file with a different name, or at worst, it may corrupt the DBM file if you were attempting to write to it\&.
+
+.PP
+dbmmanage has a list of DBM format preferences, defined by the @AnyDBM::ISA array near the beginning of the program\&. Since we prefer the Berkeley DB 2 file format, the order in which dbmmanage will look for system libraries is Berkeley DB 2, then NDBM, then GDBM and then SDBM\&. The first library found will be the library dbmmanage will attempt to use for all DBM file transactions\&. This ordering is slightly different than the standard @AnyDBM::ISA ordering in Perl, as well as the ordering used by the simple dbmopen() call in Perl, so if you use any other utilities to manage your DBM files, they must also follow this preference ordering\&. Similar care must be taken if using programs in other languages, like C, to access these files\&.
+
+.PP
+One can usually use the file program supplied with most Unix systems to see what format a DBM file is in\&.
+
diff --git a/rubbos/app/apache2/man/man1/htdbm.1 b/rubbos/app/apache2/man/man1/htdbm.1
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+.\" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+.\" DO NOT EDIT! Generated from XML source.
+.\" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+.de Sh \" Subsection
+.br
+.if t .Sp
+.ne 5
+.PP
+\fB\\$1\fR
+.PP
+..
+.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP)
+.if t .sp .5v
+.if n .sp
+..
+.de Ip \" List item
+.br
+.ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3
+.el .ne 3
+.IP "\\$1" \\$2
+..
+.TH "HTDBM" 1 "2005-04-07" "Apache HTTP Server" "htdbm"
+
+.SH NAME
+htdbm \- Manipulate DBM password databases
+
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+
+.PP
+\fBhtdbm\fR [ -\fBT\fR\fIDBTYPE\fR ] [ -\fBc\fR ] [ -\fBm\fR | -\fBd\fR | -\fBp\fR | -\fBs\fR ] [ -\fBt\fR ] [ -\fBv\fR ] [ -\fBx\fR ] \fIfilename\fR \fIusername\fR
+
+.PP
+\fBhtdbm\fR -\fBb\fR [ -\fBT\fR\fIDBTYPE\fR ] [ -\fBc\fR ] [ -\fBm\fR | -\fBd\fR | -\fBp\fR | -\fBs\fR ] [ -\fBt\fR ] [ -\fBv\fR ] \fIfilename\fR \fIusername\fR \fIpassword\fR
+
+.PP
+\fBhtdbm\fR -\fBn\fR [ -\fBc\fR ] [ -\fBm\fR | -\fBd\fR | -\fBp\fR | -\fBs\fR ] [ -\fBt\fR ] [ -\fBv\fR ] \fIusername\fR
+
+.PP
+\fBhtdbm\fR -\fBnb\fR [ -\fBc\fR ] [ -\fBm\fR | -\fBd\fR | -\fBp\fR | -\fBs\fR ] [ -\fBt\fR ] [ -\fBv\fR ] \fIusername\fR \fIpassword\fR
+
+.PP
+\fBhtdbm\fR -\fBv\fR [ -\fBT\fR\fIDBTYPE\fR ] [ -\fBc\fR ] [ -\fBm\fR | -\fBd\fR | -\fBp\fR | -\fBs\fR ] [ -\fBt\fR ] [ -\fBv\fR ] \fIfilename\fR \fIusername\fR
+
+.PP
+\fBhtdbm\fR -\fBvb\fR [ -\fBT\fR\fIDBTYPE\fR ] [ -\fBc\fR ] [ -\fBm\fR | -\fBd\fR | -\fBp\fR | -\fBs\fR ] [ -\fBt\fR ] [ -\fBv\fR ] \fIfilename\fR \fIusername\fR \fIpassword\fR
+
+.PP
+\fBhtdbm\fR -\fBx\fR [ -\fBT\fR\fIDBTYPE\fR ] [ -\fBm\fR | -\fBd\fR | -\fBp\fR | -\fBs\fR ] \fIfilename\fR \fIusername\fR
+
+.PP
+\fBhtdbm\fR -\fBl\fR [ -\fBT\fR\fIDBTYPE\fR ]
+
+
+.SH "SUMMARY"
+
+.PP
+htdbm is used to manipulate the DBM format files used to store usernames and password for basic authentication of HTTP users via mod_auth_dbm\&. See the dbmmanage documentation for more information about these DBM files\&.
+
+
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+
+
+.TP
+-b
+Use batch mode; \fIi\&.e\&.\fR, get the password from the command line rather than prompting for it\&. This option should be used with extreme care, since \fBthe password is clearly visible\fR on the command line\&.
+.TP
+-c
+Create the \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIpasswdfile\fR already exists, it is rewritten and truncated\&. This option cannot be combined with the -n option\&.
+.TP
+-n
+Display the results on standard output rather than updating a database\&. This option changes the syntax of the command line, since the \fIpasswdfile\fR argument (usually the first one) is omitted\&. It cannot be combined with the -c option\&.
+.TP
+-m
+Use MD5 encryption for passwords\&. On Windows, Netware and TPF, this is the default\&.
+.TP
+-d
+Use crypt() encryption for passwords\&. The default on all platforms but Windows, Netware and TPF\&. Though possibly supported by htdbm on all platforms, it is not supported by the httpd server on Windows, Netware and TPF\&.
+.TP
+-s
+Use SHA encryption for passwords\&. Facilitates migration from/to Netscape servers using the LDAP Directory Interchange Format (ldif)\&.
+.TP
+-p
+Use plaintext passwords\&. Though htdbm will support creation on all platforms, the httpd daemon will only accept plain text passwords on Windows, Netware and TPF\&.
+.TP
+-l
+Print each of the usernames and comments from the database on stdout\&.
+.TP
+-t
+Interpret the final parameter as a comment\&. When this option is specified, an additional string can be appended to the command line; this string will be stored in the "Comment" field of the database, associated with the specified username\&.
+.TP
+-v
+Verify the username and password\&. The program will print a message indicating whether the supplied password is valid\&. If the password is invalid, the program exits with error code 3\&.
+.TP
+-x
+Delete user\&. If the username exists in the specified DBM file, it will be deleted\&.
+.TP
+\fIfilename\fR
+The filename of the DBM format file\&. Usually without the extension \&.db, \&.pag, or \&.dir\&. If -c is given, the DBM file is created if it does not already exist, or updated if it does exist\&.
+.TP
+\fIusername\fR
+The username to create or update in \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIusername\fR does not exist in this file, an entry is added\&. If it does exist, the password is changed\&.
+.TP
+\fIpassword\fR
+The plaintext password to be encrypted and stored in the DBM file\&. Used only with the -b flag\&.
+.TP
+-T\fIDBTYPE\fR
+Type of DBM file (SDBM, GDBM, DB, or "default")\&.
+
+.SH "BUGS"
+
+.PP
+One should be aware that there are a number of different DBM file formats in existence, and with all likelihood, libraries for more than one format may exist on your system\&. The three primary examples are SDBM, NDBM, GNU GDBM, and Berkeley/Sleepycat DB 2/3/4\&. Unfortunately, all these libraries use different file formats, and you must make sure that the file format used by \fIfilename\fR is the same format that htdbm expects to see\&. htdbm currently has no way of determining what type of DBM file it is looking at\&. If used against the wrong format, will simply return nothing, or may create a different DBM file with a different name, or at worst, it may corrupt the DBM file if you were attempting to write to it\&.
+
+.PP
+One can usually use the file program supplied with most Unix systems to see what format a DBM file is in\&.
+
+.SH "EXIT STATUS"
+
+.PP
+htdbm returns a zero status ("true") if the username and password have been successfully added or updated in the DBM File\&. htdbm returns 1 if it encounters some problem accessing files, 2 if there was a syntax problem with the command line, 3 if the password was entered interactively and the verification entry didn't match, 4 if its operation was interrupted, 5 if a value is too long (username, filename, password, or final computed record), 6 if the username contains illegal characters (see the Restrictions section), and 7 if the file is not a valid DBM password file\&.
+
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+
+.nf
+
+ htdbm /usr/local/etc/apache/\&.htdbm-users jsmith
+
+.fi
+
+.PP
+Adds or modifies the password for user jsmith\&. The user is prompted for the password\&. If executed on a Windows system, the password will be encrypted using the modified Apache MD5 algorithm; otherwise, the system's crypt() routine will be used\&. If the file does not exist, htdbm will do nothing except return an error\&.
+
+.nf
+
+ htdbm -c /home/doe/public_html/\&.htdbm jane
+
+.fi
+
+.PP
+Creates a new file and stores a record in it for user jane\&. The user is prompted for the password\&. If the file exists and cannot be read, or cannot be written, it is not altered and htdbm will display a message and return an error status\&.
+
+.nf
+
+ htdbm -mb /usr/web/\&.htdbm-all jones Pwd4Steve
+
+.fi
+
+.PP
+Encrypts the password from the command line (Pwd4Steve) using the MD5 algorithm, and stores it in the specified file\&.
+
+.SH "SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS"
+
+.PP
+Web password files such as those managed by htdbm should \fInot\fR be within the Web server's URI space -- that is, they should not be fetchable with a browser\&.
+
+.PP
+The use of the -b option is discouraged, since when it is used the unencrypted password appears on the command line\&.
+
+.SH "RESTRICTIONS"
+
+.PP
+On the Windows and MPE platforms, passwords encrypted with htdbm are limited to no more than 255 characters in length\&. Longer passwords will be truncated to 255 characters\&.
+
+.PP
+The MD5 algorithm used by htdbm is specific to the Apache software; passwords encrypted using it will not be usable with other Web servers\&.
+
+.PP
+Usernames are limited to 255 bytes and may not include the character :\&.
+
diff --git a/rubbos/app/apache2/man/man1/htdigest.1 b/rubbos/app/apache2/man/man1/htdigest.1
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+.\" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+.\" DO NOT EDIT! Generated from XML source.
+.\" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+.de Sh \" Subsection
+.br
+.if t .Sp
+.ne 5
+.PP
+\fB\\$1\fR
+.PP
+..
+.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP)
+.if t .sp .5v
+.if n .sp
+..
+.de Ip \" List item
+.br
+.ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3
+.el .ne 3
+.IP "\\$1" \\$2
+..
+.TH "HTDIGEST" 1 "2004-01-06" "Apache HTTP Server" "htdigest"
+
+.SH NAME
+htdigest \- manage user files for digest authentication
+
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+
+.PP
+\fBhtdigest\fR [ -\fBc\fR ] \fIpasswdfile\fR \fIrealm\fR \fIusername\fR
+
+
+.SH "SUMMARY"
+
+.PP
+htdigest is used to create and update the flat-files used to store usernames, realm and password for digest authentication of HTTP users\&. Resources available from the Apache HTTP server can be restricted to just the users listed in the files created by htdigest\&.
+
+.PP
+This manual page only lists the command line arguments\&. For details of the directives necessary to configure digest authentication in httpd see the Apache manual, which is part of the Apache distribution or can be found at http://httpd\&.apache\&.org/\&.
+
+
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+
+
+.TP
+-c
+Create the \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIpasswdfile\fR already exists, it is deleted first\&.
+.TP
+\fIpasswdfile\fR
+Name of the file to contain the username, realm and password\&. If -c is given, this file is created if it does not already exist, or deleted and recreated if it does exist\&.
+.TP
+\fIrealm\fR
+The realm name to which the user name belongs\&.
+.TP
+\fIusername\fR
+The user name to create or update in \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIusername\fR does not exist is this file, an entry is added\&. If it does exist, the password is changed\&.
+
diff --git a/rubbos/app/apache2/man/man1/htpasswd.1 b/rubbos/app/apache2/man/man1/htpasswd.1
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+.\" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+.\" DO NOT EDIT! Generated from XML source.
+.\" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+.de Sh \" Subsection
+.br
+.if t .Sp
+.ne 5
+.PP
+\fB\\$1\fR
+.PP
+..
+.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP)
+.if t .sp .5v
+.if n .sp
+..
+.de Ip \" List item
+.br
+.ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3
+.el .ne 3
+.IP "\\$1" \\$2
+..
+.TH "HTPASSWD" 1 "2004-01-06" "Apache HTTP Server" "htpasswd"
+
+.SH NAME
+htpasswd \- Manage user files for basic authentication
+
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+
+.PP
+\fBhtpasswd\fR [ -\fBc\fR ] [ -\fBm\fR ] [ -\fBD\fR ] \fIpasswdfile\fR \fIusername\fR
+
+.PP
+\fBhtpasswd\fR -\fBb\fR [ -\fBc\fR ] [ -\fBm\fR | -\fBd\fR | -\fBp\fR | -\fBs\fR ] [ -\fBD\fR ] \fIpasswdfile\fR \fIusername\fR \fIpassword\fR
+
+.PP
+\fBhtpasswd\fR -\fBn\fR [ -\fBm\fR | -\fBd\fR | -\fBs\fR | -\fBp\fR ] \fIusername\fR
+
+.PP
+\fBhtpasswd\fR -\fBnb\fR [ -\fBm\fR | -\fBd\fR | -\fBs\fR | -\fBp\fR ] \fIusername\fR \fIpassword\fR
+
+
+.SH "SUMMARY"
+
+.PP
+htpasswd is used to create and update the flat-files used to store usernames and password for basic authentication of HTTP users\&. If htpasswd cannot access a file, such as not being able to write to the output file or not being able to read the file in order to update it, it returns an error status and makes no changes\&.
+
+.PP
+Resources available from the Apache HTTP server can be restricted to just the users listed in the files created by htpasswd\&. This program can only manage usernames and passwords stored in a flat-file\&. It can encrypt and display password information for use in other types of data stores, though\&. To use a DBM database see dbmmanage\&.
+
+.PP
+htpasswd encrypts passwords using either a version of MD5 modified for Apache, or the system's crypt() routine\&. Files managed by htpasswd may contain both types of passwords; some user records may have MD5-encrypted passwords while others in the same file may have passwords encrypted with crypt()\&.
+
+.PP
+This manual page only lists the command line arguments\&. For details of the directives necessary to configure user authentication in httpd see the Apache manual, which is part of the Apache distribution or can be found at http://httpd\&.apache\&.org/\&.
+
+
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+
+
+.TP
+-b
+Use batch mode; \fIi\&.e\&.\fR, get the password from the command line rather than prompting for it\&. This option should be used with extreme care, since \fBthe password is clearly visible\fR on the command line\&.
+.TP
+-c
+Create the \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIpasswdfile\fR already exists, it is rewritten and truncated\&. This option cannot be combined with the -n option\&.
+.TP
+-n
+Display the results on standard output rather than updating a file\&. This is useful for generating password records acceptable to Apache for inclusion in non-text data stores\&. This option changes the syntax of the command line, since the \fIpasswdfile\fR argument (usually the first one) is omitted\&. It cannot be combined with the -c option\&.
+.TP
+-m
+Use MD5 encryption for passwords\&. On Windows, Netware and TPF, this is the default\&.
+.TP
+-d
+Use crypt() encryption for passwords\&. The default on all platforms but Windows, Netware and TPF\&. Though possibly supported by htpasswd on all platforms, it is not supported by the httpd server on Windows, Netware and TPF\&.
+.TP
+-s
+Use SHA encryption for passwords\&. Facilitates migration from/to Netscape servers using the LDAP Directory Interchange Format (ldif)\&.
+.TP
+-p
+Use plaintext passwords\&. Though htpasswd will support creation on all platforms, the httpd daemon will only accept plain text passwords on Windows, Netware and TPF\&.
+.TP
+-D
+Delete user\&. If the username exists in the specified htpasswd file, it will be deleted\&.
+.TP
+\fIpasswdfile\fR
+Name of the file to contain the user name and password\&. If -c is given, this file is created if it does not already exist, or rewritten and truncated if it does exist\&.
+.TP
+\fIusername\fR
+The username to create or update in \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIusername\fR does not exist in this file, an entry is added\&. If it does exist, the password is changed\&.
+.TP
+\fIpassword\fR
+The plaintext password to be encrypted and stored in the file\&. Only used with the -b flag\&.
+
+.SH "EXIT STATUS"
+
+.PP
+htpasswd returns a zero status ("true") if the username and password have been successfully added or updated in the \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. htpasswd returns 1 if it encounters some problem accessing files, 2 if there was a syntax problem with the command line, 3 if the password was entered interactively and the verification entry didn't match, 4 if its operation was interrupted, 5 if a value is too long (username, filename, password, or final computed record), 6 if the username contains illegal characters (see the Restrictions section), and 7 if the file is not a valid password file\&.
+
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+
+.nf
+
+ htpasswd /usr/local/etc/apache/\&.htpasswd-users jsmith
+
+.fi
+
+.PP
+Adds or modifies the password for user jsmith\&. The user is prompted for the password\&. If executed on a Windows system, the password will be encrypted using the modified Apache MD5 algorithm; otherwise, the system's crypt() routine will be used\&. If the file does not exist, htpasswd will do nothing except return an error\&.
+
+.nf
+
+ htpasswd -c /home/doe/public_html/\&.htpasswd jane
+
+.fi
+
+.PP
+Creates a new file and stores a record in it for user jane\&. The user is prompted for the password\&. If the file exists and cannot be read, or cannot be written, it is not altered and htpasswd will display a message and return an error status\&.
+
+.nf
+
+ htpasswd -mb /usr/web/\&.htpasswd-all jones Pwd4Steve
+
+.fi
+
+.PP
+Encrypts the password from the command line (Pwd4Steve) using the MD5 algorithm, and stores it in the specified file\&.
+
+.SH "SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS"
+
+.PP
+Web password files such as those managed by htpasswd should \fInot\fR be within the Web server's URI space -- that is, they should not be fetchable with a browser\&.
+
+.PP
+The use of the -b option is discouraged, since when it is used the unencrypted password appears on the command line\&.
+
+.SH "RESTRICTIONS"
+
+.PP
+On the Windows and MPE platforms, passwords encrypted with htpasswd are limited to no more than 255 characters in length\&. Longer passwords will be truncated to 255 characters\&.
+
+.PP
+The MD5 algorithm used by htpasswd is specific to the Apache software; passwords encrypted using it will not be usable with other Web servers\&.
+
+.PP
+Usernames are limited to 255 bytes and may not include the character :\&.
+