.htpasswd generator

[Hagster]

Hello All,

I was woundering if any one could point me in the correct direction, how would you go about encrypting passwords using coldfusion to work in the .htaccess .htpasswd format used commonly with apachie web servers.

I have the script for it on my PHP server but am woundering how to do it with a cold fussion page
PHP script below

<?php
// Password to be encrypted for a .htpasswd file
$clearTextPassword = 'passwordhere';

// Encrypt password
$password = crypt($clearTextPassword, base64_encode($clearTextPassword));

// Print encrypted password
echo $password;
?>

I understand whats going on here just am not sure how to do the same thing in coldfussion, sorry my coldfussion knoledge is patchy.

Kind Regards Guy

[MikerRoo]

The hash () function provides superior security.

Question: Do you need to interoperate with a php system or generate hashes that are identical to the php code posted?
That could get tricky because crypt uses unix DES for the default hash.

[RobGonda]

not sure about replicating it, but it you're using a linux server you can always rely in the htpasswd binary. See attached code.