Enabling access to the administration server using the htpasswd utility
The administration server is installed with authentication enabled. This means that the administration server will not accept a connection without a valid user ID and password. This is done to protect the IBM® HTTP Server configuration file from unauthorized access.
Procedure
Launch the htpasswd utility that is shipped with the administration server. This utility
creates and updates the files used to store user names and password for basic authentication of
users who access your Web server. Locate htpasswd in the bin
directory.
htpasswd -cm <install_dir>\conf\admin.passwd [login name]
./htpasswd -cm <install_dir>/conf/admin.passwd [login name]
where <install_dir> is the IBM HTTP Server installation directory
and [login name]is the user ID that you use to log into the administration
server.