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

[leam hall]

Could you get a CentOS 5 version, unpack the rpm, and just copy the
htpassword over? The apr stuff should be there as its standard Apache stuff.

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Neal Rhodes <neal at mnopltd.com> wrote:

> 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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