Hi reader, the names Chris. Anyways, I'm having a little trouble with my/a perl script I'm trying to use to update a password list created with the Apache 2.0.43 Win32 HTTP Server.

---When I use the htpasswd.exe program provided with the server to add user/password pairs to the .htpasswd file I get entries such as:
    chris:$apr1$404.....$FA0t857O4G8WQI/Z2oKi./
    username:$apr1$no5.....$pgT9lKz99lQkfMSxiWPRn/
htpasswd says it uses MD5 encoding. But what ever it uses, the passwords validate correctly when the broswer checks them.

---The problem arises when the Perl script makes entries. The script makes additions and deletions properly but it writes then in encoding that even though it should be, isn't the same as the MD5 that htpasswd.exe uses. It adds entries such as:
     -- with Digest::MD5->md5, it makes entries like: user:xâ9·èZ9M.„cy×Þ:
     -- with Digest::MD5->md5_hex, it makes entries like: user:03911647a3b0d004fe91206255d0bb50:
     -- with Digest::MD5->md5_base64, it makes entries like: user:eB/iObfoWjlNLoQXY3nX3g

None of which validates at all. I'm not used to Perl enough yet to go any farther then I've already gone. My knowledge of Java isn't helping in the least, but I know there are a few brains worth admiration here at perl monks, so.

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Thanking everyone in advance,

    Chris DeGrace - cdguitar01@hotmail.com

In reply to MD5 and my Win32 Apache by cdguitar01

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