iTP Secure WebServer System Administrator's Guide (Version 7.0)

Configuring the iTP Secure WebServer
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Administering Passwords
userfile
is the name of a server file containing a user-name/password database.
This file is maintained by means of the useradm tool, as described in Administering
Passwords.
-safeguard
allows to use the Safeguard user ID database for authentication.
If the user enters a user name and password that matches one of the user
name/password pairs in the specified password file, the Web client is granted access
to the server region specified in the containing Region directive.
For example:
Region /recipes/secret {
RequirePassword "Secret Recipes" -userfile \
/home/data/passwords
}
Administering Passwords
To administer the passwords contained in a server password file, you use the useradm
utility included with the server distribution. The useradm utility allows you to perform
these tasks:
•
Checking the useradm Utility Version on page 7-32
•
Creating a New Password File on page 7-33
•
Adding a New User to a Password File on page 7-33
•
Deleting a User From a Password File on page 7-33
•
Changing a User’s Password on page 7-34
The useradm utility is located in the /usr/tandem/webserver/bin directory.
Checking the useradm Utility Version
To check the utility version:
useradm -version
where:
-version
displays the useradm version
Note. The -safeguard option is recommended for use with RequireSecureTransport because it
is used with the non-secure basic authentication scheme that sends the user name and
password as radix64 encoded strings.