mosquitto_passwd

Manage password files for mosquitto.

See also `mosquitto`, the MQTT server that this manages.

• Add a new user to a password file (will prompt to enter the password):

mosquitto_passwd {path/to/password_file} {username}

• Create the password file if it doesn't already exist:

mosquitto_passwd -c {path/to/password_file} {username}

• Delete the specified username instead:

mosquitto_passwd -D {path/to/password_file} {username}

• Upgrade an old plain-text password file to a hashed password file:

mosquitto_passwd -U {path/to/password_file}

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