[ale] How to get working htpasswd command onto old GoDaddy Server

[Neal Rhodes]

So, we have a hosting account on a Godaddy Linux server: 

Linux XXXXXXXX.secureserver.net 2.6.18-411.el5PAE #1 SMP Mon Jul 11
18:26:16 CDT 2016 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Which, amongst other things, hosts the Lloyd Shaw Foundations historic
music downloads.   So people all over the world are paying a tiny amount
for tunes from the archives via Paypal, and then I setup download for
them. 

Which now has me building an .htpasswd file on my local Centos 6 64 bit
system, and shoving that over via scp. 

Because the Godaddy server lacks an htpasswd command.    And Godaddy
support has in the past and continues to decline to provide a compatible
one.  

BUT, they don't have any problem with me stuffing one there in my
local ./bin folder and running it.    So, if I could find a compatible
binary to the above, I could put the entire fulfillment process in one
place and put a PHP front end on it and allow volunteers other than me
to do it in places other than my office. 

So, the htpasswd from my 64 bit Centos 6 server didn't fly - I assume
the binary is incompatible.   How would I go about finding a compatible
one?   I did some random digging with rpmseek.com, and found one in
HTPASSWD-APACHE-2.2.22-7.I486.RPM, but after unpacking and shoveling it
over there, it wants some libraries: 


        ./htpasswd: error while loading shared libraries:
        libaprutil-1.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file
        or directory
        

Obviously, getting shared libraries starts to get more involved.   I
just want to create a one-line ..htpasswd file Apache is happy with for
each music download directory. 

If this takes a lot of drama, I might just accelerate the migration of
my hosting off this server onto a more current one, which Godaddy says
they have to force to happen anyway by the end of 2017. 

Regards, 

Neal 
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