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enter a password for the first time.

You can not use C<password> and C<file> parameters together. You must 
select one of them to use.

Note that: you must protect your password file(s). Put it above your
web root if you can. Also, giving it a I<.cgi> extension can be 
helpful; if a web server tries to execute it, you'll get a 500 ISE,
not the source (you can get the source however; it depends on your
server software, OS and configuration). You can also put it in
a hard-to-guess named directory. But don't put it in your program 
directory.

Also note that: these are I<just> suggestions and there is no 
guarantee that any of this will work for you. Just test and see
the results.

=item setup_pfile

If your "I<password file>" is empty and you set this parameter to a 
true value, then the module will ask you to enter a password for the