tldr/pages/common/mosquitto_passwd.md

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mosquitto_passwd

Manage password files for mosquitto. See also mosquitto, the MQTT server that this manages. More information: https://mosquitto.org/man/mosquitto_passwd-1.html.

  • 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}}